Cole v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.

When tbe injury occurred tbe defendant was engaged, and tbe plaintiff was employed by tbe defendant, in interstate commerce. This is admitted. Tbe case must therefore be determined by tbe Federal Employers’ Liability Act and tbe principles of tbe common law as applied in tbe courts of tbe United States. Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad Co. v. Allen, 276 U. S., 165, 72 Law Ed., 513. Before this act was passed tbe liability of employers engaged in interstate commerce for injuries suffered by their employees while engaged in such commerce was governed by tbe laws of tbe several states,…