Legal Opinion
Frederick W. Tyrrell v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 25, 2001No. 99-4505PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Frederick W. Tyrrell appeals the district court’s grant of partial summary judgment to Defendant Norfolk Southern Railway Company. The lower court held that under the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act (“ICCTA”), the Surface Transportation Board’s (“STB”) exclusive regulatory jurisdiction over rail construction preempts the Ohio track clearance regulation upon which Tyrrell based his negligence per se claim under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (“FELA”). Tyrrell argues that the district court erred as the Federal Railway Safety Act…
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