Rogers v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.
Plaintiff, James C. Rogers, instituted this action under the Federal Employers’ Liabil- íty Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., for personal injury alleged to have been sustained by him July 17, 1951, when, during the ■course of his employment, he was burning weeds on defendant’s right of way near Garner, Arkansas, and fell at one of defendant’s drainage culverts. Plaintiff had verdict and judgment for $40,000 damages, and defendant has appealed.
Plaintiff alleged that he, as defendant’s •employee, was engaged in burning weeds by the use of a hand torch at a point a short…
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