Legal Opinion
Szekeres v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 16, 2010No. 09-3835PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff James Szekeres (Szekeres) appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment to defendant CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX) in this action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., and the Locomotive Inspection Act (LIA), 49 U.S.C. § 20701. For the reasons set forth below, we REVERSE.
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The district court summarized the facts:
Szekeres was hired as a brakeman for CSX on June 7, 1967. In July 2005, Szekeres regularly worked on a local CSX freight operation that runs from Cleveland, Ohio to Valley…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Myers v. Reading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Walter D. Adams v. Csx Transportation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Honas H. Richards v. Consolidated Rail CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Thomas L. Mickler v. The Nimishillen and Tuscarawas Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Consolidated Waste Industries, Inc. v. Standard Equipment Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2011
- Andrew Spencer v. Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyTennessee Supreme Court · 2014
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