SHOENFELT v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.


69 F.Supp. 728 (1947)

SHOENFELT v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

District Court, S. D. New York.

February 11, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richter, Lord & Farage, of Philadelphia, Pa. (B. Nathaniel Richter, of Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Louis J. Carruthers, of New York City (Bruce Bromley, George S. Collins, and Royall Victor, Jr., all of New York City, of counsel), for defendant.


GALSTON, District Judge.

The question for decision is whether the plaintiff at the time that he sustained personal injuries, was engaged in interstate commerce within the meaning of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, § 1, as amended, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51.

The plaintiff, while employed by the defendant railroad company, sustained severe burns, on November 16, 1944, while working in the soot chamber of a stationary boiler, operated by the defendant...

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