Legal Opinion
Norman D. Gish v. Csx Transportation, Inc. F/k/a Seaboard System Railroad, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 11, 1989No. 89-1408PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Norman Gish sued defendant CSX under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (the FELA) for injuries received on the job. The jury found for Gish, but attributed 50% of the negligence to him, thus reducing his award by half. Gish challenges the district court’s permitting the jury to consider comparative negligence and its denial of JNOV. We affirm.
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Norman Gish was an experienced pipefit-ter working for the CSX railroad at its Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana. As part of his job, Gish was required to clean out a particular sewer line in…
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