Claim of Renouf v. New York Central Railroad

The question is whether claimant, a trained nurse engaged specially by the New York Central Railroad Company on a single case to render services to an injured employee of the company in a hospital, is entitled to compensation for injuries sustained by her arising out of and during the course of her employment, as an employee of the company within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 67), when she acts under the general direction of the company’s physician in charge of the case.

Operating a railroad is a hazardous employment and the employees of the railroad company…