Florida Southern Railroad v. Steen

Citations

• 45 Fla. 313

Syllabus

<p>1. Where railroad companies owning and operating their several roads enter into a voluntary association and a hospital and relief department is formed by .the association for the several companies, and such department is operated in connection with the business of each company, employes of each company being required to be members of such department and to contribute regularly to such department sums deducted from their wages by the company for the privilege of such membership, one of such companies is responsible for the compensation of a physician employed by its employes in pursuance of the regulations of the department to treat another employe injured by an explosion in the shops of such company.</p> <p>2. A physician employed in pursuance of the authority conferred by the regulations of the relief and hospital department of a railroad company to treat an injured employe in an emergency where the company’s surgeon can not be ■ reached, who was employed for no definite period of time, can not recover for services rendered after being notified that his services were no longer needed, as the hospital surgeons were then ready to take charge of the case, and properly treat the patient in the company’s hospital.</p>