Imbler v. Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway Co.

The respondent, a section hand in appellant’s employ, brought this action under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act to recover damages for personal injuries which he sustained by reason of being struck on the face by a track wrench, while riding on onq of the appellant’s motor cars operated on its main railway line in the vicinity of Lamont, "Washington. Respondent in his complaint charged that the appellant negligently failed to furnish him a safe place in which to work, in that the motor car on which he was riding was unequipped with a tool box, or an enclosure or fasteners so as to…