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PADGETT v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 18066.

396 F.2d 303 (1968)

Clifford PADGETT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

June 13, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Garthright, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for defendant-appellant; Laughlin, Watson, Garthright & Halle, Memphis, Tenn., of counsel.

William C. Lane, Kansas City, Mo., (Ernest Hubbell, William C. Lane, Marc W. Gile, Kansas City, Mo., Hal Gerber, Gerber, Gerber & Lewis, Memphis, Tenn., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before O'SULLIVAN and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

Clifford Padgett, plaintiff-appellee, was seriously injured while employed as a carman by the Southern Railway Company. Padgett brought this action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., alleging that the injuries which he sustained were caused by the negligent failure of the railroad to furnish reasonably safe methods and conditions for work. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Padgett and assesed damages...

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