White v. Thompson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

Plaintiff instituted this action against the defendant under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U. S. C. A., §§ 51-59) to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on two separate occasions as a machinist inspector in defendant’s diesel shop at Osawatomie, Kansas. The first injury is alleged to have occurred June 30, 1954, when plaintiff fell into an opening in the subfloor of the cab of a diesel locomotive and the second injury is alleged to have occurred January 23, 1955, when plaintiff slipped on ice on…