Broughton v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

PORTER, District Judge.

This is an FELA case. Defendant has made a motion for a change of venue pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404 which provides that such change can be ordered—

“(a) For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, * *

Prior to the enactment of this section, in 1948, the Federal Employers’ Liability Act secured to an injured employee the privilege of bringing an action in any district wherein the railroad was doing business, regardless of costs or inconvenience to the defendant. That latitude of choice ended with § 1404 because…