Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Thompson

The defendant in error, James C. Thompson, as plaintiff below, instituted this action against the defendant railway company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff Thompson while he was an employee of the railway company.

It appears that at the time of his injury the plaintiff, pursuant to the duties of his employment, was engaged in coupling the air hose between two freight ears, having-placed himself between and beneath the cars for that purpose. These two cars were embraced within a ‘ ‘ cut ’ ’ of cars standing on a switching track in the yards of the defendant…