Legal Opinion
Jim Buell v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1985No. 84-2288PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge.
Jim Buell appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. The issue, one of first impression in this circuit, is whether a Railroad employee’s wholly mental injury stemming from his railroad employment is compensable under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA or the Act), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (1982).
Buell, a carman at the Railroad’s Stockton Yard, was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (the Union) and covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the Union and the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sinkler v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Harold R. Magnuson v. Burlington Northern, Inc., D. S. Nelson, J. H. Woolford, and G. J. O'COnnellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway v. BuellSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Stanley F. Taylor v. Burlington Northern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- William Hagerty v. L & L Marine Services, Inc., and Union Carbide Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Bernice Pierce v. Southern Pacific Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Winston B. Lewy v. Southern Pacific Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
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