SLIGH v. COLUMBIA, NEWBERRY AND LAURENS RAILROAD CO.

No. 10651.

370 F.2d 979 (1966)

Dendy Robert SLIGH, Appellant, v. COLUMBIA, NEWBERRY AND LAURENS RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Wesley Drawdy, Columbia, S. C., for appellant.

H. Simmons Tate, Jr., Columbia, S. C. (W. C. Boyd and Boyd, Bruton, Knowlton & Tate, Columbia, S. C., on the brief) for appellee.

Before BRYAN, WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Suing under the Federal Employers Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., Dendy Robert Sligh asked damages from the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad Company, for injuries he suffered because of the railroad's alleged negligence. The fault charged was the railroad's failure to provide sufficient employees for the job when they were required to raise and move a motor car from the rails. Further neglect, the plaintiff declared, was found in the...

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