Buberl v. Southern Pac. Co.

GOODMAN, District Judge. .

On April 19, 1948, Clarence G. Buberl commenced an action in this Court against the Southern Pacific Company, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S.C.A. § 51 et seq., to recover damages for personal injuries suffered on January 31, 1947 while employed by the Company as an engine foreman. He alleged in his complaint that at the time he was injured he was an able bodied man, capable of earning, and in fact earning $3,800 a year. He further stated that as a proximate result of the defendant’s negligence and the injuries caused thereby, he had been “unable…