Legal Opinion
Wade v. Soo Line RR Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 29, 2007No. 06-1878PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Michael Wade alleged that he was permanently injured while operating a handbrake on the Soo Line Railroad. (The Soo Line is a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is not clear from the record which company is Wade’s employer; because nothing turns on the issue, we refer to both collectively as the Soo Line.) Wade brought this action under the Federal Employees Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60, seeking damages for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering. The district court never reached the merits of Wade’s claims, however; it dismissed the…
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