SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. McKELVEY

No. 42299.

270 So.2d 705 (1972)

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Ross J. McKELVEY, Jr., and Dade County, Florida, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smathers & Thompson, Miami, for petitioner.

Nichols & Nichols, Miami, for Ross J. McKelvey, Jr.

William M. Hoeveler, of Knight, Peters, Hoeveler, Pickle, Niemoeller & Flynn, Miami, for Dade County, Florida.


ADKINS, Justice.

In this personal injury action, which comes to us as a question of great public interest duly certified by the Third District Court of Appeal, pursuant to Fla. Const., art. V, § 4(2) (1968), F.S.A., McKelvey, a 27-year-old railroad employee, lost his right arm while working for the seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company on a train operating on Dade County property.

McKelvey sued both the Railroad (under the Federal Employer's Liability...

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