Dallas v. Delaware & Hudson Co.

This action was brought by plaintiff, an employee of defendant, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, to recover damages for injuries sustained through the negligence of a coemployee. Defendant was concededly engaged in interstate commerce at the time of the accident. Plaintiff was a freight handler employed in the yards of defendant in the city of Mechanic-ville, and engaged in piling freight which was being transferred from one car to another. At the time of the accident plaintiff was in a car along side a platform, packing away this freight, consisting of boxes weighing about fifty…