Ahlvers v. Terminal RR Ass'n

This appeal is from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of Madison County in favor of third-party plaintiff, Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, against third-party defendant, R. H. Bogle Company.

The plaintiff, Richard Ahlvers, an employee of the railroad was injured in the course of his employment. He commenced an action against his employer under the Federal Employers Liability Act (45 U.S.C. .§ 51 et seq. (1970)), alleging that he was injured as a result of being sprayed by chemicals by the railroad’s employees during weed spraying in the railroad’s yards. The…