Taluzek v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

This is a suit for damages, brought under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act (45 U.S.C. §51 et seq. (1988)), arising from an accident which occurred in one of the train yards belonging to defendant, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company. Plaintiff, James Taluzek, a locomotive engineer for defendant, fell from a locomotive owned by defendant. A jury returned a verdict in defendant’s favor that plaintiff now appeals.

We affirm.

On the morning of December 23, 1985, plaintiff was the engineer of the locomotive in question and was assembling trains by “switching” boxcars from track to track.…