Hunt v. Union Pacific Railroad Company

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA RICHARD HUNT, Plaintiff, 8:18CV55 vs. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant. This matter is before the Court pursuant to the motion for summary judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56, Filing No. 20, filed by the defendant. Plaintiff sued his former employer, Union Pacific, under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA),

45 U.S.C. §§ 51

alleging that occupational exposures caused his cancer, in particular chronic lymphocytic leukemia (“CLL”) and Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Plaintiff allegedly waited six years after…