Legal Opinion
Fulmore v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 21, 2001No. A01A1530-A01A1547PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackbuen, Chief Judge.
This appeal involves 18 related cases arising from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant CSX Transporta tion, Inc. (CSX) in plaintiffs’ (employees) Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) actions based upon plaintiffs’ contraction of asbestosis and other asbestos-related diseases. Each complaint alleged FELA claims based upon approximately 18 failures of CSX under the Act, including the failure to provide a reasonably safe workplace, tools and equipment, and a failure to warn plaintiffs or to protect them from the dangers of asbestos.
Employees claim…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Consolidated Rail Corporation v. GottshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Matjoulis v. Integon General Ins. Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- H. Jerome Claar Ben Mar Maynard Young Donald Doll v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company, Dick Eggar Ray Ellison v. Burlington Northern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. AyersSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Christian v. GraySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2003
- Anne Payne v. CSX Transportation, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2015
- Butler v. Union Carbide Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
- John Crane, Inc. v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
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