Morris v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Carl Randy Morris, a rail car inspector, appeals the jury verdict for his employer, CSX Transportation, Inc. (“CSX”), in this action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, (“FELA”), 45 USC § 51 et seq. Morris enumerates five errors.

This case arose after Morris allegedly injured his back while replacing a brake shoe on a rail car parked in CSX’s Augusta yard.1 Morris maintains that the brake shoe was difficult to replace because corresponding brakes, larger than the car’s specifications permitted, left too little slack and CSX knew of the error. The complaint…