Legal Opinion
Granfield v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 11, 2010No. 09-1302PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant CSX Transportation, Inc. (“CSXT”) is appealing from the district court’s denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of law or a new trial, after a jury awarded $250,000 to plaintiffappellee Robert Granfield (“Granfield”), based on a finding that CSXT violated both the Federal Employer’s Liability Act (“FELA”), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., and the Locomotive Inspection Act (“LIA”), 49 U.S.C. § 20701 et seq. Granfield, a locomotive engineer employed by CSXT, claimed he developed lateral epicondylitis, 1 or “tennis elbow,” as a result of having to…
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