Legal Opinion
Downey v. Union Pacific Railroad
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided January 30, 2006No. 2:03 CV 10Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION
RODOVICH, United States Magistrate Judge.
This matter is before the court on the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by the defendant, Union Pacific Railroad, on September 29, 2005. For the reasons set forth below, this notion is GRANTED.
Background
Mary Downey, now known as Mary Chastain, was a “ear blocker” for National Steel from 2000 through 2002. (Mary Downey Dep. pp. 5, 50-51) As a blocker, she would open each rail car that came into the warehouse at National Steel and perform any cleaning that was necessary to prepare the car to be loaded with steel coils. (Downey Dep. Pg.…
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