Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. BNSF Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 18, 2018No. Nos. 16-3674 & 17-1088PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
After he was fired, Glen Armstrong sued his former employer, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), under the Federal Rail Safety Act, 49 U.S.C. § 20109 et seq, (FRSA), alleging unlawful retaliation. The case proceeded to--trial, and a jury returned a verdict in favor of BNSF. Armstrong appeals, contending that an improper jury instruction misled the jury. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On May 4, 2010, Armstrong was working as the conductor on a BNSF Metra line train that arrived at Union Station in Chicago at approximately 5:30 p.m. Armstrong’s supervisor, Chris Motley, was sitting in the…
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