Legal Opinion
De Santis v. New York, N. H. & H. R.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 17, 1934No. 103PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff was injured on the morning of November 18, 1933, while in the employ of the defendant as an assistant foreman of a work train crew. The work train was on an interstate track about a mile from Dan-bury, Conn., and the plaintiff was standing beside the train giving orders for the work in progress when he was struck on the head by the bucket of a steam shovel which was lowered without adequate warning. It was left to the jury to find whether he was engaged at the time in interstate transportation. The correctness of the court’s charge on this subject presents…
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