Herron v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.

This action was brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. §51 et seq.). Plaintiff appeals from a judgment based on findings that defendant was free'from negligence.

Plaintiff had been employed as a car man by defendant for a number of years prior to June, 1951. His duties were to clean motor blocks by dipping the block into a large vat containing a very hot oakite solution. The motor blocks weigh some 500 pounds each. An overhead crane was used in raising and lowering the blocks. It was made of iron, set in concrete and operated by air. There were two hooks which attached…