Heeb v. New York Central Railroad

Plaintiff brought suit in circuit court to recover damages for a personal injury claimed to have been sustained by him while in the employ of the defendant railroad company. The first count of the declaration was based on the provisions of the Federal employers’ liability act, 45 USCA, § 51 et seq., plaintiff alleging that at the time of his injury, on or about December 17, 1946, he was employed in interstate commerce. Plaintiff set forth in his pleading that the weather was extremely cold, that he was not dressed in clothing of sufficient warmth under the circumstances, that defendant…