Glidewell v. Q.O. K.C.R.R. Co.

This is an action for personal injuries brought under the Federal Employers Liability Act. Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment in the sum of $4000 and defendant has appealed. This is the second appeal in the case. [See Glidewell v. Q.O. K.C.R.R. Co., 204 S.W. 37.]

On January 31, 1916, plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant as a blacksmith at its roundhouse located at Milan, Missouri. On that day plaintiff was engaged in shortening a heavy piece of iron called a drawbar, which weighed about 200 pounds and was used to connect one of defendant's engines and tender. The shortening of…