Legal Opinion
Bittinger v. CSX TRANSPORTATION INC.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 26, 2007No. 1090, Sept. Term, 2006PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKrauser, J.
Appellant, Richard Lynn Bittinger, an employee of appellee CSX Transportation, Inc., (“CSX”), a railroad company, suffered a back injury while attempting to throw a railway switch to permit a train to change tracks. To obtain compensation for his injury, he filed suit in the Circuit Court for Allegany County against CSX under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60. That suit ended in a jury verdict in favor of CSX.
On appeal, Bittinger presents three issues:
I. Whether the circuit court erred in admitting evidence of prior FELA claims made by Bittinger for similar injuries and…
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