Norfolk and Western Railway Company v. Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc.

OREN R. LEWIS, District Judge:

The original plaintiff, Franklin D. R. Halstead, an employee of Anderson’s-Black Rock, Inc., received $20,000.00 1 from the Norfolk and Western Railway Company after instituting a tort action in which he alleged that he lost an arm by reason of Norfolk and Western’s simple negligence in that: one, Norfolk and Western altered a gondola by welding some braces or angle irons on the inside walls; two, Norfolk and Western allowed that car to be loaded with limestone to a height concealing the angle iron; and three, Norfolk and Western did not warn him of the presence…