Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company v. Coffman

RENFRO, Justice.

Plaintiff, Harold W. Coffman, in an action arising under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, recovered a verdict and judgment in the amount of $160,000 from the Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company.

Evidence was introduced by and for plaintiff that he was injured on February 18, 1961, when the caboose in which he was riding derailed. On that date he, a freight conductor, was advised by supervisors that he and his crew were “doubling back” to Wichita Falls from Fort Worth with a train which was already made up. A brakeman noticed a car he considered unsafe for the run.…