Legal Opinion
Raymond D. Robert v. Consolidated Rail Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 28, 1987No. 87-1069PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Freedman, J.) granting summary judgment to defendant-appellee Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) against plaintiff-appellant Raymond D. Robert. Robert v. Consolidated Rail Corp., Civil No. 84-0392-F, slip op. (D.Mass. Jan. 9, 1987) (mem. and order). Because we agree with the district court’s conclusion that Robert failed to prove an essential element of his negligence claim, we affirm.
I. Background and Procedural History 1
Between 1968 and 1982, Robert worked for…
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