A Treatise on the Federal Employers' Liability and Safety Appliance ActsW.H. Anderson Company, 1909 - 410 pages |
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... reason of the failure of such companies to comply with its provisions with respect to the equipment of their cars . Necessarily a discussion of Interstate Commerce is re- quired so PART FEDERAL EMPLOYERS' TABLE OF CITATIONS SECTION CHAPTER.
... reason of the failure of such companies to comply with its provisions with respect to the equipment of their cars . Necessarily a discussion of Interstate Commerce is re- quired so PART FEDERAL EMPLOYERS' TABLE OF CITATIONS SECTION CHAPTER.
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... reason why a man working with simple machinery should look to it that the machinery with which he worked was in good ... reason of that participation in the injury , have any re- covery at law . The proposed statute liberalizes the ...
... reason why a man working with simple machinery should look to it that the machinery with which he worked was in good ... reason of that participation in the injury , have any re- covery at law . The proposed statute liberalizes the ...
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... reason of one of these insurance agreements ; but it also says that in case the railway has con- tributed anything to the insurance fund which he has en- joyed , the amount that the railway has contributed shall be deducted in the ...
... reason of one of these insurance agreements ; but it also says that in case the railway has con- tributed anything to the insurance fund which he has en- joyed , the amount that the railway has contributed shall be deducted in the ...
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... reason for holding that congress is without power to regulate the relation of master and servant , to the extent ... reasons just stated we might well pass from the consideration of the subject . We add , however , that we think the ...
... reason for holding that congress is without power to regulate the relation of master and servant , to the extent ... reasons just stated we might well pass from the consideration of the subject . We add , however , that we think the ...
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... reason of the absence of congressional legislation in respect thereto.36 In one case , speaking of quarantine regulations , the Supreme Court of the United States has said : " It may be conceded that whenever con- gress shall undertake ...
... reason of the absence of congressional legislation in respect thereto.36 In one case , speaking of quarantine regulations , the Supreme Court of the United States has said : " It may be conceded that whenever con- gress shall undertake ...
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Page 267 - ... for a continuous carriage or shipment, from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place in the United States through a foreign country to any other place in the United States. The term "railroad...
Page 324 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul ' or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.
Page 244 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment.
Page 268 - That no operator, train dispatcher, or other employee who by the use of the telegraph or telephone dispatches, reports, transmits, receives, or delivers orders pertaining to or affecting train movements...
Page 239 - Territories and any foreign nation or nations, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or, in case of the death of such employee, to his or her personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee; and, if none, then of such employee's parents; and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee...
Page 257 - By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant connected with or used in the business of the employer...
Page 241 - That any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by this Act, shall to that extent be void...
Page 36 - That every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the several States or Territories, or between any of the States and Territories, or between the District of Columbia and any of the States or Territories and any foreign nation or nations, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce...
Page 240 - Act to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
Page 260 - An act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes.