Legal Opinion
Balog v. LRJV, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 22, 1988No. E004399PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MCDANIEL, J.
Facts
Richard Balog (Balog) worked for 21 years as a safety valve and angle valve repairperson at the GATX Corporation in Masury, Ohio. When GATX closed its plant, he lost his job. Like many other workers from the Midwest and other depressed areas of the country, he looked for work in California.
Balog was ultimately hired by LRJV and Railguard to work as a supervisor at their Lundeen Railcar Repair Services business in Daggett, California. Lundeen Railcar Repair Services cleaned and repaired railroad cars, particularly those which were being used to transport toxic and…
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