Torian's Adm'r v. R. & A. R. R.
Citations
- 84 Va. 192
- 4 S.E. 339
- 1887 Va. LEXIS 21
Syllabus
<p>Railroad Companies—Negligence—Fellow servants—Case at bar.—Where it appears in evidence at the trial of an action for damages against a railroad company for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate whilst in its employment as brakeman on material train, that the immediate cause of his death was the rapid running of the train, suddenly accelerated by additional steam, over a track left in an uneven and weakened condition by other employees of the company, who were employed to repair the said track, and who failed to give warning of the condition of the road:</p> <p>Held:</p> <p>The defendant company is liable for the negligence of its employees, whose duty it was to repair road and give notice of its condition, and those employees were not fellow servants of plaintiff’s intestate.</p>
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