Legal Opinion
Kohn v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided March 27, 2003No. 00CA2305PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge DAILEY.
Defendant, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad, appeals the judgment entered , in favor of plaintiff, Charles M. Kohn, on a claim of negligence brought pursuant to the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (2000). We affirm.
Plaintiff, a switchman for the railroad, was injured when he stepped off a locomotive engine stopped on a bridge and fell twenty feet into a ravine. The bridge had a walkway, but only on the other side of the engine.
Plaintiff sued under FELA, alleging that the railroad was negligent in failing to provide him with a…
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