O'Hara v. Hines

Plaintiff brought this suit against defendant under the federal employers’ liability act. At the conclusion of the testimony, on motion of defendant, the court instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of defendant. From the judgment entered on the verdict, plaintiff appeals.

The facts alleged in the petition and supported by plain*75tiff’s evidence are as follows: September 13, 1919, plaintiff, a boy 18 years of age, was in tbe employ of defendant as an unskilled laborer in tbe operation of a crane, or gantry, in tbe Union Pacific Railroad yards, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Tbe Union Pacific…