Fitzsimmons Ex Rel. Fitzsimmons v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

This is a suit under the Employer's Liability Act for personal injuries received by plaintiff while in the employment of the defendant the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company as a yard clerk, while engaged in checking cars in the Kaw Bridge Transfer Yard in the west bottoms in Kansas City, Kansas. The injury complained of consists of the loss of the right leg, which was crushed by the wheels of a car which ran over it. It was amputated four and three-fourths inches below the knee. Thirty thousand dollars is asked as damages.

Plaintiff, at the time of the accident, which occurred on June 25,…