Bevin v. Oregon-Washington R. & Nav. Co.

This is an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff while employed as a section hand in cutting weeds on the railroad right of way of the defendant company, about four miles east of Arlington, Oregon. Plaintiff charges the defendant with negligence in furnishing him with a defective shovel with which to carry on his work and alleges that, by reason thereof, a small particle of rock glanced from the shovel blade and struck him in the right eye, injuring it to such an extent as to finally necessitate…