Mills v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

OPINION

in which CORNELIA A. CLARK and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ., and WALTER C. KURTZ, SP.J., joined.

The plaintiff railroad worker filed an action under the Federal Employers Liability Act alleging that the defendant railroad company violated its duty to provide a reasonably safe workplace during an off-site meeting by failing to anticipate that a stairway defect or debris on the stairway constituted a tripping hazard. The railroad company filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that the plaintiff was not within the scope of his employment when he fell, that he cannot prove that the…