Legal Opinion
Moran v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 6, 1929PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The plaintiff-claimant seeks to recover from the defendant an award under our Compensation Act upon the ground that she was partially dependent upon Patrick Mulanphy whose decease occurred while he was in the employ of the defendant and arose out of and in the course of that employment. The trial court concluded and ruled that the work of the deceased on November 30th, 1925, the date of his decease, was so closely related to interstate commerce as to become a part of it. The appeal raises a single question—was the deceased engaged in interstate commerce at the time of his injury? If he was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Shanks v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- North Carolina Railroad v. ZacharySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BehrensSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Erie Railroad Company v. WinfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. HarringtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by7 opinions
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