Harper v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

A preliminary injunction was entered in August 1993, after defendants instituted a policy concerning the investigation of claims of injured employees brought pursuant to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (the Act) (45 U.S.C. §§ 51 through 60 (1994)). In Harper v. Missouri Pacific R.R. Co., 264 Ill. App. 3d 238, 636 N.E.2d 1192 (1994) (hereinafter Harper I), we upheld in all respects the entry of the trial court’s preliminary injunction enjoining defendants’ policy of requiring notice of and prior consent to interviews with railroad employees who had information concerning claims under the…