Klinge v. Southern Pac. Co.

Plaintiff brought an action against the defendant to recover $100,000 damages for loss of his right arm resulting from an accident occurring October 10, 1930, while he was employed as a brakeman on one of defendant’s freight trains near Timber in the state of Oregon. It was admitted by the defendant that the accident happened as a result of a handle on a freight car giving way so that plaintiff fell under the moving car and his arm was run over necessitating its amputation five and one-half inches below the shoulder; that the plaintiff was at the time engaged in interstate commerce; and that…