Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. Dudderer

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

There was and is a pedestrian bridge over the tracks of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Irvine, Ky., with steps at each end, whereby those using it may ascend to and descend from it. At about 11:15 p. m., on May 22, 1931, John K. Dudderer, who was then an employee of the railroad. company, in going from' his work to his mother’s home, where he resided, crossed that bridge, and in some way he was caused to fall down the steps at its opposite end from the one he entered upon it, and whereby he received an injury .to the back part of his skull,…