Legal Opinion
Shiver v. Georgia & Florida Railnet, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 24, 2007No. A07A0920PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Judge.
Ray Shiver brought an action pursuant to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (“FELA”) against Georgia & Florida Railnet, Inc. (“G & F”) claiming, inter alia, that he suffers from respiratory ailments as a result of his occupational exposure to “diesel exhaust fume[s] and hazardous dusts.” The trial court granted G & F’s motion in limine to exclude the testimony of one of Shiver’s expert witnesses and granted partial summary judgment to G & F on Shiver’s claim for his respiratory ailments. Shiver appeals and, for reasons that follow, we affirm.
1. Shiver contends that the trial…
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