Legal Opinion
Payton v. Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 5, 2013No. ED 97480PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiff, a railroad employee, filed a lawsuit against his employer, the defendant railroad, to recover damages for (1) personal injuries suffered from his working conditions, in violation of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.; and (2) for personal injuries caused by the use of locomotives in improper condition, in violation of the Locomotive Inspection Act (LIA), 49 U.S.C. §§ 20701-20703.1 At the conclusion of plaintiffs case, the trial court entered a directed verdict in defendant’s favor on the LIA count. The case was…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- H. Jerome Claar Ben Mar Maynard Young Donald Doll v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company, Dick Eggar Ray Ellison v. Burlington Northern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Crane v. Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Moore v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 2011
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3Cited by7 opinions
- John Giza v. Bnsf Railway CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 2014
- Thomas Host v. BNSF Railway CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 2015
- Thomas R. Wilson, Appointed Trustee of Chapter 7 Estate of James E. Johnson v. Union Pacific Railroad CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 2017
- Ackman v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2018
- Burdess v. Cottrell, Inc.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 2023
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