CORDOVA v. ATCHISON, T. & S.F. RY. CO.

Docket No. 25215.

198 Cal.App.2d 161 (1961)

18 Cal. Rptr. 144

DELFIN CORDOVA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

December 19, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker, Stanbury, Reese & McGee, Robert W. Walker and J.H. Cummins for Defendant and Appellant.

Belli, Strong, Ashe & Gerry and William Strong for Plaintiff and Respondent.


WOOD, P.J.

This action, commenced under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, is for damages for personal injuries (burns) resulting from an explosion of cleaning fluid while plaintiff, who was in the refrigerator-motor room of a refrigerator car, was cleaning the room and motor by applying the fluid with an air-pressure spray gun. Judgment, pursuant to a verdict, was for plaintiff for $60,000.

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