Zimmerman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

Citations

• 77 Pa. Super. 127
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 223

Syllabus

<p>Worhmen’s Compensation Law — Federal Employers’ Liability Act — Interstate railroads — Injuries to employees — Joint employees ■- — Contracts fixing liability.</p> <p>The liabilities and obligations of interstate railroads to make compensation for personal injuries, suffered by their employees, while engaged in interstate commerce, are regulated both inclusively and exclusively by the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Liabilities imposed by that act cannot be escaped by carriers engaged in interstate commerce, either by contracts or by operation of state laws.</p> <p>An employee injured while engaged in interstate commerce as the joint employee of an interstate railroad and the Western Union Telegraph Company is entitled to the benefit of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and that act, wherever it does apply, excludes the benefits and the operation of the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act.</p>