Luck v. Louisville N.R. Co.

Plaintiff was an employee of the defendant railroad, engaged as a laborer in connection with railroad bridge construction and repair work. He sues under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U. S. C. A., sects. 51-59) for injuries to his spine and kidneys caused by a strain to the back, suffered while engaged with other workmen in loading boxes on a train from a platform. He alleges in this declaration that while so engaged his foot slipped in or on grease, or oil, on this platform, which was wet after rain, and that the railroad was actually negligent in failing to provide a safe place…