Legal Opinion
Scelfo v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 7, 1925PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Van Kirk, J.:
We are to discuss the liability of an employer, a common carrier, a steam railroad company, engaged in both interstate and intrastate commerce, to its employee who was an engine fire cleaner and when injured was helping to dump cinder buckets. While attaching the hook of a crane into the handle of a bucket, his *244foot slipped; in consequence he threw out his right hand, which was caught between the pulley and the cable causing him serious injuries. At Lincoln Park, N. Y., where the accident happened, the employer has a track in its yard, between the rails of which, is a trench; in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. HarringtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Erie Railroad v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Erie Railroad v. SzarySupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Southern Railway Co. v. PuckettSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by4 opinions
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