Cochran v. B. & O. R.R.

The plaintiff, an employee of the Baltimore & Ohio Eailroad Company (hereinafter referred to as the railroad), filed a complaint against the railroad under the Federal Employees’ Liability Act, 45 U. S. C., Section 51 et seq., for damages resulting from a collision between the railroad’s train and a school bus on February 8, 1971, alleging that his “injuries were occasioned by the negligence of the defendant and its failure to provide him a safe place to work.” The railroad filed its answer and its third party complaint against Burer, the appellee here, alleging that plaintiff was the…