Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Wingo's Administratrix

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

This is an action against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company under the federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover damages for the death of Dewitt Wingo. The jury awarded his widow $12,500.00, his infant children, William Thomas and Thelma Raines Wingo, $6,000.00 each, and his daughter, Deroda, another infant, $2,000.00. The company has appealed.

There is practically no dispute as to the salient facts. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company runs its passenger trains into the passenger station of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Pearl…