Central of Georgia Railroad v. Georgia Ports Authority

Beasley, Judge.

Blackwell, an employee of the appellant railroad, was injured when he attempted to remove a gangboard left between a warehouse platform and a freight car in the Ocean Terminal facilities of the appellee Ports Authority. Blackwell sued the railroad under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. The railroad brought a third-party complaint against the Authority pursuant to an agreement made in 1958 when the facility was sold to the Authority. Under it, the railroad was to perform all necessary switching service on the existing tracks, which were to be maintained by the Authority,…