NORFOLK AND WESTERN RY. CO. v. HODGES

Record No. 931056.

448 S.E.2d 592 (1994)

NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. Ralph R. HODGES.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Eure, Roanoke (James F. Johnson, Johnson, Ayers & Matthews, on briefs), for appellant.

C. Richard Cranwell, Roanoke (Tyler M. Moore, Cranwell & Moore, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

On September 9, 1987, appellee Ralph R. Hodges, the plaintiff below, was injured while working for appellant Norfolk and Western Railway Company, the defendant below, in the Huddleston area of Bedford County. The plaintiff brought this action against defendant under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., to recover damages for his injuries.

The plaintiff alleged that he was employed as a "gang signalman...

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