Legal Opinion
Dorlan Wayne Willard v. Fairfield Southern Company, Inc., Birmingham Southern Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 12, 2006No. 05-14279, 06-12455PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Dorian Wayne Willard (“Willard”), appeals the district court’s orders denying his Rule 60(b) motion and granting summary judgment to defendants/ap-pellees, Fairfield Southern Company, Inc. (“Fairfield”) and Birmingham Southern Railroad Company (“BSRR”), the parent company of Fairfield, on Willard’s Federal Employer’s Liability Act (“FELA”) claim. 1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court’s orders.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
The district court found the following undisputed facts. In 1983, U.S. Steel Fairfield Works (“Fairfield Works”) transferred…
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