Legal Opinion
Michael Chapman v. Lab One
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 30, 2004No. 03-2105, 03-2269PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Michael and Terri Lynn Chapman and Daniel Howell brought actions in state court alleging various state common-law causes of action against LabOne, Inc. (“La-bOne”) and Union Pacific Railroad Company (“Union Pacific”). The defendants removed the actions to federal district courts in Iowa and Nebraska, respectively. The district court in Iowa dismissed the Chapman case on the ground that the common-law claims were preempted by the Federal Railroad Safety Act (“FRSA”), as amended by the Federal Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 (“FOTE-TA”), and the…
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