Lisa M. Nelson v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Lisa Nelson appeals from a final judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Colleen McMahon, Judge ), granting defendant-appellee Metro-North Commuter Railroad’s motion for judgment as a matter of law on Nelson’s claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (the “FELA”), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60, and dismissing Nelson’s complaint. We affirm.

I

In 1995, when the events leading to this action began, Lisa Nelson was a ticket agent employed at Metro-North’s…