SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. JACKSON

No. O-36.

256 So.2d 568 (1971)

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Virginia Corporation, Appellant, v. William P. Jackson, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bolles, Goodwin, Ryskamp & Ware, Miami, for appellant.

James H. Nance, Melbourne, Beckham & McAliley, and Horton & Schwartz, Miami, for appellee.


RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellee-plaintiff Jackson sued the Railroad seeking damages under the Federal Employers' Liability Act.1 Count I of Jackson's amended complaint alleged that the Railroad had been negligent in several enumerated particulars. Count II claimed a violation of the Boiler Inspection Act2 which imposes absolute liability upon a railroad to an injured employee when it fails to keep "......

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