N.Y. Central R.R. Co. v. White

243 U.S. 188 (1917)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

White (P), wife of employee who lost his life September 2, 1914, through an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of his employment with D commenced an action under Workers' Compensation. The Commission awarded compensation, and its award was affirmed, without opinion, by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court whose order was affirmed by the Court of Appeals, without opinion. The Supreme Court granted certiorari. D claimed that its liability for the death of Jacob White is defined and limited exclusively by the provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act and (2) that to award compensation under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Law would deprive D of its property without due process of law, and deny to it the equal protection of the laws, in contravention of the Fourteenth Amendment.