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Lillie v. Thompson — Opinion of the Court

Petitioner alleged in effect that respondent was aware of conditions which created a likelihood that a young woman performing the duties required of petitioner would suffer just such an injury as was in fact inflicted upon her. That the foreseeable danger was from intentional or criminal misconduct is irrelevant; respondent nonetheless had a duty to make reasonable provision against it. [4] Breach of that duty would be negligence, and we cannot say as a matter of law that petitioner's injury did not result at least in part from such negligence.
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Lillie v. Thompson — Opinion of the Court

Though respondent had reason to know the yards were frequented by dangerous characters, he failed to exercise reasonable care to light the building and its surroundings or to guard or patrol it in any way. Petitioner's duties were to receive and deliver messages to men operating trains in the yard. In order for the trainmen to get the messages it was necessary for them to come to the building at irregular intervals throughout the night, and it was petitioner's duty to admit them when they knocked.
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Lillie v. Thompson — Opinion of the Court

Notes
↑ 45 U.S.C. § 51, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51.↑ 'Every common carrier by railroad * * * shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier * * * for such injury * * * resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier * * *.' Ibid.↑ The court cited Davis v. Green, 1922, 260 U.S. 349, 43 S.Ct. 123, 67 L.Ed. 299; St. Louis-San Francisco R. Co. v.
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