Legal Opinion
Higgins v. Metro-North Railroad
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 11, 2001No. 00 CIV. 0019(WCC)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM C. CONNER, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff Gail Higgins brings this action against defendant Metro-North Railroad Company (“Metro-North”) pursuant to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (“FELA”), as amended, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. She claims that she was the victim of sexual harassment and that, as a result of the stress associated therewith, her previously undiagnosed latent multiple sclerosis became symptomatic. She claims: (1) negligent failure to provide her with a workplace “free of tortious interference with her body and person”; (2) negligent failure to…
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