Legal Opinion
Richard Walker v. Soo Line Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 31, 2000No. 98-4237PublishedCited by 202 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Richard Walker filed this action against the Soo Line Railroad Company (“Soo Line”). He seeks damages for injuries suffered by having been struck by lightning while working in a railroad tower. At trial, Mr. Walker sought to introduce expert testimony to establish that electrical injury could have been the cause of his condition. Much of that testimony was excluded by the district court on the ground that it lacked a scientific basis. The district court also refused to admit testimony from an expert on electrical safety about how lightning could have penetrated the tower…
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