BROWN v. NBM RAIL SERVICES INC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE DANIEL A. BROWN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) 1:21-cv-00101-JAW v. ) ) NBM RAIL SERVICES, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER AFFIRMING IN PART AND REJECTING IN PART THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE A defendant railroad objects to the Magistrate Judge’s recommendation that the Court deny summary judgment on a plaintiff railroad worker’s claim that the railroad violated

45 U.S.C. § 51

by acting negligently when it failed to provide him with a hydraulic machine to remove screw spikes. Because a railroad company is not liable under

45 U.S.C. § 51

for…