Louisville N.R. Co. v. Nichols

Working as a locomotive fireman, Nichols was seriously injured by the giving way of the cab apron. He recovered a judgment, affirmed by the Court of Appeals, of $15,000. It appeared, and was so found by the Court of Appeals, that the freight train was engaged at the time of the accident in an intrastate transaction, and that both employer and employee were working under the Tennessee elective Workmen’s Compensation Law (Code 1932, sec. 6851, et seq.). It, however, also appeared that the injury resulted from a violation by the railroad of the Federal Safety Appliance Act (45 USCA, sec. 1, et…