Mohammed v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

This is an action of tort wherein the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him, on or about June 18, 1929, while employed by the defendant at its car shop in Readville, Massachusetts. The case was tried in the Superior Court to a jury on three counts, each of which alleged that the defendant was engaged in interstate commerce, and on a common law count for negligence of the defendant, its agents and servants. The defendant was not insured under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act. The plaintiff abandoned the three counts under the Federal…