SEABOARD COAST LINE RD. CO. v. BROWN

No. 73-911.

297 So.2d 843 (1974)

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. Thomas C. BROWN and Cargill, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 24, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael N. Brown of Allen, Dell, Frank & Trinkle, Tampa, for appellant.

H. Vance Smith of Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellees.


MANN, Chief Judge.

Brown, an employee of the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, sued his employer after a boxcar door fell on his legs, alleging that the injury occurred "by reason of the negligence of the defendant and its violation of the Federal Employers' Liability Act of the United States in failing and neglecting to provide plaintiff with a reasonably safe place to work and reasonably safe equipment on which to work." Seaboard in turn filed a third party complaint...

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