Legal Opinion
BNSF Railway Co. v. Brown
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided May 15, 2008No. 08-02028-JWLPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
JOHN W. LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
On December 17, 2007, Defendant Lisa Brown was a locomotive engineer and Shawn Bobbitt was a conductor on a train that collided with another train on BNSF Railway Company’s (“BNSF”) track near Mulvane, Kansas. Ms. Brown filed suit against BNSF in Missouri state court pursuant to the Federal Employers Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51-60. BNSF was served on December 28, 2007, and on January 4, 2008, BNSF filed an application for a change of judge, which was granted. On January 14, 2007, BNSF filed its federal complaint with this court,…
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