Legal Opinion
Daniel Wilson v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 11, 1988No. 86-2042PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Daniel Wilson, a railroad employee, sued his employer, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (the Railroad) under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (FELA). Wilson is paralyzed as the result of an accident which occurred during the workday when a fellow employee fell asleep while driving a car in which Wilson was a passenger. The district court granted the Railroad’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that Wilson’s injury did not occur while he was within the scope of his employment. But to grant the Railroad’s…
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