LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. v. GOTHARD

6 Div. 495.

142 So.2d 712 (1962)

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. v. D. W. GOTHARD.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, for appellant.

Rives, Peterson, Pettus & Conway, Birmingham, for appellee.


LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

D. W. Gothard, the appellee, sued the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, the appellant, in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, claiming damages for personal injuries in the loss of an eye. The suit was brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, Title 45, U.S.C.A. § 51.

As amended, the complaint contained two counts, one and three.

Count One alleged, in substance, that plaintiff was employed...

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