Larkin v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

The plaintiff was employed by the defendant railroads to sort baggage and transport it from a baggage room in the Grand Central Station to baggage cars. In the discharge of his duties he used a baggage truck. Injured because of certain defects in the truck, he brought this action under the provision of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover damages. The complaint has been dismissed upon the sole ground that the plaintiff was not at the time of the accident engaged in interstate commerce.

Plaintiff testified that he had been instructed to sort out certain baggage consisting both of…