Thompson v. Chicago Great Western Railroad

Action for personal injuries wherein there was a verdict for plaintiff. Defendant appeals from the order denying its alternative motion for judgment or a new trial.

Plaintiff is a section hand anld sustained injuries while assisting in repairing track after a wreck. He was pulling spikes with a clawbar which, according to his story, was defective in that the claws were flattened and had too much spread-Ahe says a quarter of an inch too much — the result being that it slipped from the head of a spike thereby precipitating him to the ground, Ms hand being caught between the heavy bar and' a…