Schulz v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 350 U.S. 523 (1956)
U.S. Supreme Court
Schulz v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 350 U.S. 523 (1956)
Schulz v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
No. 282
Argued March 27-28, 1956
Decided April 9, 1956
350 U.S. 523
Syllabus
On the record in this case, a suit under the Jones Act to recover for the death of a tugboat fireman who disappeared while working at night on four unlighted, icy, and undermanned tugboats and whose drowned body was found later partly clothed and clutching a flashlight, the evidence was sufficient to go to the jury on the issues of whether respondent was negligent in failing to provide the deceased with a safe place to work and whether such negligence was the proximate cause of his death, and the trial court erred in directing a verdict for respondent. Pp. 350 U. S. 523-527.
222 F.2d 540, reversed.