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Still v. Norfolk & Western Ry. Co., 368 U.S. 35 (1961)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Still v. Norfolk & Western Ry. Co., 368 U.S. 35 (1961)
Still v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. No. 48 Argued October 19, 1961 Decided November 13, 1961 368 U.S. 35
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA
Syllabus
1. Under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, a railroad cannot escape liability for personal injuries negligently inflicted upon an employee by proving that he had obtained his job by making false representations upon which the railroad rightfully relied in hiring him. Pp. 35-46.
2. Minneapolis, St. P. & S. Ste. M. R. Co. v. Rock, 279 U.S. 410, must be limited to its precise facts, and, in each case not involving the precise kind of fraud there involved, the terms "employed" and "employee," as used in the Act, must be interpreted according to their ordinary meaning, even though the employee’s misrepresentations may have contributed to the injury or even to the accident upon which his claim is based. Pp. 37-46.
Reversed and remanded.
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