Johnson v. Atlantic Coast Line R.

Tayror, Justice.

Joseph Johnson, employed by appellant as a member of a water supply gang, brought suit in the Court of Common Pleas for Florence County under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. A. § 51 et seep, for the loss of his right eye, as a result of “slipping” and falling on appellant’s railroad tracks at Ravenel, South Carolina, on May 14, 1947, while engaged in unloading acetylene tanks from a dump car.

The jury found for the respondent in the sum of $1,750-.00. The appellant, having duly made motions for nonsuit, for a directed verdict, for a verdict in its favor…