CRANE v. CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY RAILWAY CO.

No. 52991.

160 N.W.2d 838 (1968)

Ronald L. CRANE, Appellant, v. CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY RAILWAY COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur O. Leff, Iowa City, and Halloran & Alfveby, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

John F. Gaston, Jr., Ted P. Lewis, and Lynch, Dallas, Smith & Harman, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.


STUART, Justice.

Plaintiff brought this action in the Linn County District Court to recover damages for personal injuries received when he fell from a runaway railroad box car which he was attempting to stop by applying the brakes. The railroad car had been delivered to Cargill, Inc. by defendant. Plaintiff, an employee of Cargill was engaged in spotting cars for his employer at the time of the accident. He sought to impose liability on defendant by alleging it failed...

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