Edmonds v. Norfolk & Western Railway

REVISED MEMORANDUM OPINION

FABER, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Gregory W. Edmonds (“Ed-monds”), has been employed as an engineer by defendant, Norfolk and Western Railway Company (“N & W”), for approximately seven years. On August 1, 1994, while operating Engine No. 6503 in Iaeger, McDowell County, West Virginia, Edmonds slipped and fell, sustaining injuries that required him to miss 112 days of work. Two or three weeks after his accident, Edmonds was visited at home by T.E. White, who is also an N & W engineer. Edmonds told White he had slipped on oil while closing the engine compartment door on…