Legal Opinion
Myers v. Illinois Central Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 15, 2010No. 10-1279PublishedCited by 233 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
For almost thirty years, Timothy Myers worked for the Illinois Central Railroad Company. The work was physically demanding and over the course of his career Myers suffered several injuries, including cumulative trauma disorders that eventually forced him to retire. He sued the Railroad claiming that these disorders were caused by its negligence. Before trial, Myers offered reports from three medical doctors and an ergonomist that would prove the Railroad’s negligence caused his injuries. But the district court barred Myers’s experts and granted summary judgment for the…
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