Turner v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

Citations

• 85 Kan. 6
• 116 P. 482
• 1911 Kan. LEXIS 3

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Negligence — Placing Employee at Work in Dangerous Place— • Notice. Whether a railroad employee who is inexperienced in the work of placing a dead engine on a turntable by means of a pushpole kicked by a live engine on a converging track, and is crushed between 'the two engines while holding the pole in position, should have known and appreciated the dangers of his situation and stepped back so as to avoid the injury, is held under the circumstances of this case to be a question of fact for the jury and not one of law for the court.</p>