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BOEHMER v. PENNSYLVANIA R.R. CO.

No. 191.

252 U.S. 496 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 409

64 L.Ed. 680

BOEHMER v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin C. Brandenburg and Mr. Thomas A. Sullivan for petitioner.

Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, with whom Mr. John Spalding Flannery was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Relying upon the Federal Employers' Liability Act, petitioner sought damages for personal injuries sustained by him November 8, 1915, while employed by respondent as brakesman. He claimed that the railroad was negligent in using a freight car not equipped with handholds or grab irons on all four outside corners; and also in failing to instruct him that he would be required to work about cars not so...

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