Case ID: ohio-law-abs_1/html/0408-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "RICHARDS, J.:", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 414
    GOODALL, etc., v. JAMES C. DAVIS, D. G.
    Ohio Appeals, 6th Dist., Huron County
    No. 161.
    Decided April 30, 1923
    This opinion has not been published except in Abstract.
    DIRECTED VERDICT — (1) Proper where no evidence of negligence is introduced.
    Attorneys — Young & Young, for Goodall; G. Ray Craig, for Director General.
   RICHARDS, J.:

Epitomized Opinion

Goodall, a minor, was employed on the B. & O. Railroad and wad engaged in the business of throwing switches. He had been working at the kind- of' work for about 9 months. On the occasion of his injury, a cut of cars was approaching the switch, and plaintiff was directed to throw the switch. In attempting to perform this duty it was necessary for him to stoop down and throw a lever. As the lever stuck, he claimed that he injured his back in attempting to raise it. No evidence was introduced showing the cause of the sticking of the lever, and Judge McKnight directed a verdict for defendant. In sustaining this action the Court of Appeals held:

1. As the trouble with the switch did not appear in evidence, the plaintiff failed to show any negligence on the part of the railroad.