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HEYWOOD v. DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN R. CO.

No. 8508.

6 Utah 2d 155 (1957)

307 P.2d 1045

ROBERT L. HEYWOOD, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 27, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Leonard J. Lewis, Clifford L. Ashton, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Rawlings, Wallace, Roberts & Black, Salt Lake City, for respondent.

CROCKETT, Justice.

Defendant railroad appeals from adverse jury verdict and judgment in action under Federal Employers' Liability Act1 based on failure to provide a safe place to work.

Plaintiff, Robert L. Heywood, suffered the injuries complained of in a fall from a ladder while he was repairing a steam pipe in the blacksmith shop of defendant's Salt Lake City yards. He had worked in the shops for over 30 years. As a machinist...

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