Plaintiff brought this action pursuant to the Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) (US Code, tit 45, §§ 51-60) to recover damages for the death of her husband, an employee of the New York Central Railroad. On March 3, 1966, while employed as a trackman or laborer and in the course of his duties with a maintenance crew marking railway ties in need of repair on defendant's tracks, plaintiff's husband was struck and killed by a westbound passenger train. After a...
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