Legal Opinion

CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Smith

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 17, 2011No. S11G0556Published

1Opinion of the Court

717 S.E.2d 209 (2011)

289 Ga. 903

CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.

v.

SMITH.

No. S11G0556.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 17, 2011.

Casey Gilson, James Edwin Gilson, Karen Rebecca Dunbar, Atlanta, for appellant.

Michael J. Warshauer, Douglas Campbell Dumont, Atlanta, for appellee.

CARLEY, Presiding Justice.

CSX Transportation, Inc., which is a railroad involved in interstate commerce, employed Larry Smith as a conductor. On April 6, 2004, two supervisors allegedly observed Smith violate a safety rule by dismounting a moving train and subsequently removed him from service pending further investigation.…

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Charles A. Ries, III v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, A/K/A Amtrak National Railroad Passenger CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
  2. Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  3. Rogers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  4. Reno v. RenoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  5. Albert Ralph Velasquez v. Southern Pacific Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984

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