Harp v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad

Plaintiff filed suit in the Circuit Court of Madison County, alleging that defendant was a common carrier by railroad, that plaintiff was employed by defendant in furtherance of its business in interstate commerce and brings his suit under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, that plaintiff fell and was injured while on the lot maintained, controlled and used by defendant for parking of its employees’ vehicles. The complaint charges defendant was negligent in failing to provide plaintiff with safe means of ingress and egress to his place of work, failure to provide…