Buffinton v. Boston & Maine Railroad

Earl A. Buffinton, an employee of the Boston and Maine Railroad, was injured shortly after midnight on February 8, 1924, at his employer’s railroad yards at Mechanicville, N. Y., by being caught between an engine and a concrete wall which was located along the edge of the ash pit and separated from it by a narrow space along which he was walking. He died a few days later as a result of his injuries. This action was brought by his administrator, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, based on alleged negligence of the railroad, in failing to furnish a safe place to work, in maintaining…