Robinson v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
EEEOE TO THE COUET OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The facts, which involve the construction of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and its application to employés of others than the carrier, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
George R. Robinson, the plaintiff in error, brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while performing his duty as a porter in charge of a Pullman car which was being hauled by the defendant as a part of an interstate train. The injuries were received in a collision which was due, it was .alleged, to the defendant’s negligence. The defendant introduced:in evidence the plaintiff’s contract of employment 1 with the Pullman Company, by which he released all railroad corporations over whose lines the cars of that company might be operated while he was traveling…
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