Clift v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

This is an action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act for damages for personal injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of defendant. Plaintiff, a carpenter and a member of a crew engaged in repairing a bridge on an interstate railroad, was being carried to his work on a motor car, furnished by defendant for that purpose, when he was knocked from the car by a claw bar, alleged to have been negligently loaded on the motor car. The jury awarded plaintiff the sum of $10,000, and defendant appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict.

The evidence most favorable to plaintiff…