Ponce v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter RR Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SCHENKIER, United States Magistrate Judge.

The parties in this case have filed cross motions for partial summary judgment (doc. 12-1, 18-1), which seek resolution of a single, legal issue central to this case: whether the claims raised by the plaintiff, Guillermo Ponce, for injuries he allegedly suffered on company property when, as he was leaving work, he boarded a train owned and operated by his employer, defendant Northeast Illinois Commuter Railroad Corporation (“METRA”), fall within the scope of Federal Employer’s Liability Act (“FELA” or “the Act”), 45 U.S.C.…