Wright v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co.

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

Plaintiff was a railroad car inspector for defendant in its railroad yards in North Kansas City, Missouri, on the day of the occurrence herein, November 18, 1962. Plaintiff claims damages for personal injuries under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. His case was submitted to the jury upon two conjunctive theories of negligence embodied in Instructions Nos. 6 and 7. The first of these is to the effect that a manner and method of straightening a bent “sill step” on a boxcar by use of a wooden 2" x4" pry or lever was not reasonably safe; the…