REED v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 11600.

227 F.2d 810 (1955)

Martha C. REED v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided November 17, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Lord, 3d, Philadelphia, Pa. (Barbara Ann Duffy, Richter, Lord & Farage, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Theodore Voorhees, Philadelphia, Pa. (Gordon W. Gerber, Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and MARIS and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the application of the Federal Employers' Liability Act1 and its 1939 amendment.2

The plaintiff was injured when a window in the Thirty-Second Street office building of the Pennsylvania Railroad blew in upon her during a storm. She was at the time engaged in her work for the Pennsylvania. Her job was to serve as custodian of the files of master sheets from...

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