HICKOX v. SEABOARD SYSTEM RAILROAD, INC.

73720.

183 Ga. App. 330 (1987)

358 S.E.2d 889

HICKOX v. SEABOARD SYSTEM RAILROAD, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton W. Sitton, Richard H. Middleton, Jr., Francis D. Shaffer, for appellant.

James M. Thomas, James L. Elliott, for appellee.


BENHAM, Judge.

Appellant Hickox, a former periodic employee of appellee Seaboard System Railroad, Inc., from 1942-1957, brought suit against appellee in 1983 under the Federal Employers' Liability Act ("FELA") (45 USCA § 51 et seq.), alleging that he had contracted chronic lead poisoning due to appellee's negligence in failing to provide him with a safe working place. Appellee invoked the doctrine of comparative negligence, asserting that appellant, through his...

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