ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. v. CAMERON

No. H-22.

190 So.2d 34 (1966)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. Melvin S. CAMERON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Maness, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Howell, Kirby, Montgomery, Sands & D'Aiuto, Jacksonville, for appellee.


JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a final judgment rendered upon a jury verdict in favor of the appellee herein.

This action was brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, under which Act Congress has, in effect, to say the least, broadened the scope of liability of the Railroad while at the same time narrowing the requisite proof of negligence to sustain recovery by an employee of the Railroad.

The facts are, appellee Cameron was an...

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