Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Melton
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of the Employers’ Liability Act of Indiana as applied to em-ployés of railroads engaged in' work other than the direct operation of the railroad, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of the Employers’ Liability Act of Indiana as applied to em-ployés of railroads engaged in' work other than the direct operation of the railroad, are stated in the opinion. While a State may abolish the common-law doctrine of fellow-servants and assumed risks as to every employé in the State it cannot do so as to a class unless there is a reasonable basis for the classification. AKeson v. Railroad .Co., 106 Iowa, 54. Defendant in error, although employed by the railroad company, was not…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
For personal injuries Spencer Melton recovered a judgment against the plaintiff in error in the Circuit Court of Hopkins County, Kentucky. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment (127 Kentucky, 276), whereupon this writ of. error was prosecuted.
Melton, a carpenter, was injured on March 21, 1905, while in the employ of the railway company. He was one of a construction crew, composed of a foreman and six men,’ who usually did what.is described as bridge carpentering. On the date mentioned the crew was engaged, alongside the track of the railway company at Howell, Indiana, in constructing-…
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