Legal Opinion
Winston B. Lewy v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1986No. 84-6160PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue in this appeal is whether the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (1982), authorizes a railroad employee who has sustained physical and emotional distress injuries in a railroad collision, to recover damages for the aggravation of those injuries resulting from his subsequent, allegedly wrongful discharge. We conclude that it does not. Winston Lewy, a Southern Pacific Transportation Company employee, was injured in a collision in'the company’s Los Angeles switching yard, and subsequently was discharged by Southern Pacific for…
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