Collins v. Central Railroad of Indiana

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION JOHN COLLINS, : : Plaintiff, : Case No. 1:19-cv-692 : v. : Judge Jeffery P. Hopkins : CENTRAL RAILROAD OF INDIANA, : et al., : : Defendants. ORDER Normally, an employee is rewarded for giving a task some “extra oomph.” Not in the case of John Collins. Mr. Collins, a railroad conductor for Central Railroad of Indiana (CIND) injured his shoulder while setting a handbrake on a railcar. He sought compensation from CIND under a federal statute protecting railworkers, but CIND refused to compensate him, saying…