Legal Opinion
Halderman v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 25, 1931No. 277PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit-Judge.
’• This action was brought .under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 USCA §§ 51-59) to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff at about 9:30 a. m. on May 19, 1926. The principal defense to the action was that the plaintiff was not in the employ of the defendant at the time of the' accident, but under the direction and control of a forest fire warden of the State of Pennsylvania by whom he had been directed to- assist in extinguishing a fire.
Laws of Pennsylvania 1923, P. L. 498, 582, § 1620, regulating the powers and duties of the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Shanks v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. HarringtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Linstead v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Daniel Wilson v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Raymond P. Ward v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Raymond P. Ward v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959