Lavender v. Kurn

The Federal Employers’ Liability Act permits recovery for personal injuries to an employee of a railroad engaged in interstate commerce if such injuries result “in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves,' or other equipment.” 45 U. S. C. § 51.

Petitioner, the administrator of the estate of L. E; Haney, brought this suit under the Act against the respondent trustees of the St. Louis-San…