Urie v. Thompson

The primary question is whether the coverage of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and the Boiler Inspection Act1 includes injuries in the nature of occupational disease, here silicosis, or is confined exclusively to injuries inflicted by accident. After having béen twice before the, Supreme Court of Missouri, the case is here'on certiorari, 335 U. S. 809, for, review of its final decision on the second appeal that recovery may not be had for other than accidental injuries; A statement/of the course taken by the proceedings in the state courts, hs well as of the facts, becomes necessary for…