Gillock v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

W. C. Gillock, an engineer for The Texas & Pacific Railway Company, sued his employer under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. to recover a total of $97,000 as damages resulting from personal injuries he allegedly received. The suit grew out of a collision on the 4th day of August, 1952, that occurred when the switch engine operated by Gillock, pushing a box car ahead of it, collided with a string of cars rolling toward the engine on a track in the Dallas yards of the Railroad.

The trial court rendered judgment against…