Legal Opinion
Rita Foster v. BNSF Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 10, 2017No. 16-1648PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Three railroad employees appeal the district court’s 1 grant of summary judgment for BNSF-Railway Company on the employees’ retaliation claims under the Federal Railroad Safety Act, 49 U.S.C. § 20109(a)(1)(C). The district court correctly- dismissed certain claims for failure to exhaust administrative remedies, and we conclude that the exhausted claims were properly dismissed on the merits. We therefore affirm the judgment.
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In the early morning hours on April' 2, 2012, Rita Foster, Brian Kline, Michael Snyder, and a fellow crewmember were operating a train heading…
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