Legal Opinion
Vito Tufariello v. Long Island Railroad Company, Docket No. 05-1945-Cv
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 20, 2006No. 80PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SACK, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Vito Tufariello, was until his retirement in 2003, employed by the Long Island Rail Road Company (the “LIRR”) as a mechanic in one of its rail yards. Locomotives would sound their horns whenever they entered or exited the railroad station adjacent to this yard. In 1998 and 1999, the LIRR introduced new locomotives into service. In June and July 1999, it modified the new locomotives’ horns in response to complaints that they were too loud and too shrill.
In 2003, Tufariello brought this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (“FELA”), 45 U.S.C. § 51…
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