Kircher v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Defendant railway company appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $60,000 for damages for physical injuries sustained by plaintiff at defendant’s railway station in Santa Ana, California.

The accident occurred in the early morning of November 14, 1943, when plaintiff’s left hand was run over and practically severed by defendant’s train No. 70.

Defendant’s depot consisted of a row of buildings, including an inside and outside waiting room, which ran in a northerly and southerly direction. East of the row of buildings and parallel thereto were five of defendant’s railroad…