Walker v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

Arthur L. Walker, Jr., appeals from a summary judgment entered by the Jefferson County Circuit Court in favor of the defendant Norfolk Southern Railway Company (“Norfolk”) on two claims arising under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) (negligent assignment and negligent infliction of emotional distress) and on a state-law claim alleging fraud. We affirm.

This is the second appeal in this case. See Walker v. Norfolk S. Ry., 700 So.2d 1195 (Ala.Civ.App.1996) (“Walker I”), cert. denied, 700 So.2d 1199 (Ala.1997). Much of the pertinent factual and procedural…