Legal Opinion
Walter D. Adams v. Csx Transportation, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1990No. 89-5346PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, JR., Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Walter Adams, appeals from a United States magistrate’s findings of fact and conclusions of law denying the plaintiff’s claim against defendant, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX), for emotional injury under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51, et seq. Because we find that the plaintiff is not entitled to recovery under FELA for emotional injury on the facts of this case, we affirm.
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Plaintiff Adams began working for defendant CSX in 1978, and remained with the company until September 23, 1987, when he suffered an emotional…
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