Taylor v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.

WILLIAM H. MANESS, Circuit Judge.

The complaint herein is brought under chapter 769 of Florida Statutes of 1957, usually referred to as the Florida Hazardous Occupations Act. The plaintiff, Lewis Taylor, alleges his employment by defendant, Railway Express Agency, Inc., and that defendant was, on the date of the injury to plaintiff, engaged in the hazardous occupation of an express business.

The right to recover is predicated on the alleged negligence of the defendant in the following respects — 1. Failure to furnish plaintiff a reasonably safe place to work. 2. Failure to warn plaintiff of…