N.Y. CENTRAL R.R. CO. V. WHITE
243 U.S. 188 (1917)
NATURE OF THE CASE: R.R. (D), employer appealed a state judgment, which held that a state
constitutional amendment proscribing that D provide workmen's compensation to White (P)
without regard to P's fault or negligence was constitutional and did not violate due process.
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.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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