Ribaudi v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad

The writ brings up an award in a compensation case affirmed on review in the Court of Common Pleas.

The railroad seeks to have the award set aside solely because at the time the injuries were sustained, the employe was engaged in interstate commerce within the meaning of the Federal Employers5 Liabilitjr act. Since the question of whether employment is in inter or intrastate commerce is .always a troublesome one, since it must depend upon the facts in each particular case, the federal statute has been justly criticised as cumbersome and inadequate. 47 Harvard Law Review 389. However unhappy…