ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. JEFFORDS

No. 64-255.

169 So.2d 840 (1964)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Appellant, v. George E. JEFFORDS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dixon, DeJarnette, Bradford, Williams, McKay & Kimbrell and William J. Flynn, Miami, for appellant.

Frates, Fay & Floyd, Miami, for appellee.

Before HORTON, TILLMAN PEARSON and HENDRY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff, appellee, sued for damages under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., alleging that the defendant, railroad, had negligently failed to furnish him a reasonably safe place to work, as a result of which he was injured. The defendant answered including an affirmative defense of contributory negligence. The plaintiff received a verdict of $65,000 at the hands of the jury and this appeal followed after judgment thereon...

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