BARNES v. PUBLIC BELT R. R. COMMISSION

Civ. A. 3102.

101 F.Supp. 200 (1951)

BARNES v. PUBLIC BELT R. R. COMMISSION FOR CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

November 29, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. W. Ramsey, Vicksburg, Miss., Bentley G. Byrnes, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Michel Provosty, New Orleans, La., for defendant.


WRIGHT, District Judge.

This action was filed under Title 45, Section 51, United States Code Annotated by plaintiff against his employer for damages resulting from an accident which occurred while the plaintiff was acting as switchman on the defendant's railroad. The negligence on the part of the railroad is alleged to be the making of an unexpected and unnecessary emergency stop while plaintiff was standing on top of the lead car in a pushing operation involving...

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