Maret v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

Painter, Judge.

This is a case brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (“FELA”), Section 51 et seq., Title 45, U.S.Code, by a railroad employee who was injured when a train on which he was working was hit by a car. The employee claimed that the railroad negligently failed to provide a reasonably safe working environment for him. We must now decide if he presented enough evidence of negligence to withstand the railroad’s motion for summary judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

On September 13, 1994, at approximately 6:30 p.m., plaintiff-appellant Gary S. Maret was working as a switchman for his…