Hampton v. Lincoln Traction Co.

This is an action to recover damages in the sum of $10,400 for injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff while in the employ of defendant. Prom a judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $3,600, defendant has appealed.

At the time of the accident plaintiff was employed at night, with eight or ten other men, as a car-repairer in the car barn of the defendant in Lincoln. There were a number of tracks six feet apart running into the barn from the south entrance and reaching to the north end. Between the tracks were wooden platforms running the entire length of the barn, except between…