Legal Opinion
Shoenfelt v. Pennsylvania R.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 11, 1947PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALSTON, District Judge.
The question for decision is whether the plaintiff at the time that he sustained personal injuries, was engaged in interstate commerce within the meaning of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, § 1,' as amended, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51.
The plaintiff, while employed by the defendant railroad company, sustained severe burns, on November 16, 1944, while working in the soot chamber of a stationary boiler, operated by the defendant at South Altoona, Pennsylvania.
The applicable section of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51, reads as follows:
“Every common…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- A. B. Kirschbaum Co. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- McLeod v. ThrelkeldSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Ermin v. Pennsylvania R. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1941
- Agostino v. Pennsylvania R. Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1943
- Shelton v. ThomsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Ernhart v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1950
- Ernhart v. E., J. & E. RY. CO.Illinois Supreme Court · 1950
- Claims of Baird v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948