· 4/15/1854
Crowner v. Watertown & Rome Railroad
Citations
- 9 How. Pr. 457
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- An employee does not deviate from “his employment if, when confronted with a sudden emergency, he steps beyond his regularly designated duties in an attempt to save himself from injury, to rescue another employee from danger, or to save his employer’s property.”
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Judges: Bacon
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