Legal Opinion
Key v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 28, 1997No. A97A1590PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
Carl Key, a train engineer for Norfolk Southern Railway Company (“Norfolk”), filed suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (“FELA”) and the Boiler Inspection Act (“BIA”) to recover damages from his employer for injuries he sustained in a July 1992 fall from a locomotive. Key claimed that while descending from the locomotive using its three built-in steps, he missed the middle step and fell. Key and his expert allege the fall was caused by the dangerously defective design of the steps, in that the tread on the middle step was recessed and did not “line up” with the first…
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