Graham v. Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad

This is a suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act for injuries sustained by the plaintiff on June 11, 1955. Plaintiff was employed as a switch-man and was a member of a switching crew composed of the engineer Williams, the fireman Schaeffer, the foreman Koeppel, and the switchman and pin puller, Weitz. Williams died prior to the trial and Weitz was out of the country in the military service at the time of the trial. Plaintiff was injured after he had boarded the rear footboard of the switch engine and while he was holding the grab bars on the engine. Plaintiff claims that as the…