James Lindsey, Cross-Appellant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, Cross-Appellee

OPINION

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Lindsey brought suit in federal court against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60. At the time of his injury Lindsey was carried on the employment rolls of the Douglas Public Service Corporation and was paid by that corporation. Douglas was a contractor with L & N at the L & N Gentilly yard in New Orleans, Louisiana, where the accident took place. The jury found that Lindsey was an employee of the railroad at the time of his injury and awarded him the sum of $350,000 in damages.…