Wann v. St. Louis-S. F. Ry. Co.

BARRETT, Commissioner.

In this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., a jury found that the plaintiff, Ray Wann, was injured by reason of negligence on the part of his employer, the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway' Company and, accordingly, awarded him $31,000 damages. On January 30, 1951, about 7 o’clock in the *377«veiling, a hostler placed an all purpose type Diesel engine on the north or third track in the old Diesel shop and left it with the ■engine and generator running. Reed, a machinist-inspector, met Wann on the ramp in the new Diesel shop and…