Olson v. Union Pacific Railroad

Appellant, 18 years of age, with no dependants, was employed in the car department of respondent company at Pocatello. He “was helping other workmen construct an end gate of horizontal and perpendicular wood timbers for the body of what is known as a Hart-Convertible type sugar beet railroad car.” The car was standing on the “rip track” in the railroad yards. September 13, 1940, while appellant was standing at the end of the car on which he was working and between it and a second car, the loosed end gate of the latter car fell, striking appellant on the back of his head, causing bruises *426and…