Nystrom v. Lake Shore & M. S. Ry.

Citations

• 24 Ohio C.C. Dec. 401

Syllabus

<p>MASTER AND SERVANT — RAILWAYS.</p> <p>Federal Employer’s Liability Act does not Extend to Injuries not Contributed to by Carrier's Violation of Statute for Safety of Employes.</p> <p>Section 1 of the Federal Employer’s Liability act of April 22, 1908, must be construed in connection with Sec. 4 of the act, and under the provisions of that act the relief of the employe from the assumption of the risk of his employment does not extend to any case where injury or death was not contributed to by the violation by the common carrier of some statute enacted for the safety of employes.</p> <p>[Syllabus by the court.]</p>