Louisville Nashville Railroad Company v. Wade

MERRILL, Justice.

- Defendant .below appeals from a judgment of $5,000 damages in favor of plaintiff who had brought an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. A motion for a new trial was overruled.

The cause was -submitted to the jury on two counts. Count One alleged that the injuries resulted from the negligence of the railroad in allowing pulpwood to remain in *455a walkway between tracks 16 apd 17 in Sibert Yard, while: plaintiff was-working in the dark hours, rendering the walkway defective and allowing plaintiff to trip and fall; that plaintiff was employed as a car inspector in…