Panagiotis Ganotis v. The New York Central Railroad Company

Plaintiff, Panagiotis Ganotis, was employed by the defendant railroad company as a mail handler in a mail house maintained by the railroad. The mail, after being sorted, was taken by means of an overhead conveyor belt system to positions to be loaded on railroad cars. In the performance of his duties, plaintiff passed under a conveyor belt which was heavily loaded with mail bags. A mail bag weighing 39 pounds toppled from the conveyor and struck him in the back of the head, causing the injuries complained of herein.

In this action filed under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, the jury…