Hendrix v. Port Terminal RR Ass'n

OPINION

TERRY JENNINGS, Justice.

Appellant, Travis Hendrix, challenges the trial court’s rendition of summary judgment in favor of appellee, the Port Terminal Railroad Association (“PTRA”), in Hendrix’s personal injury suit brought under the Federal Employers Liability Act (“FELA”). 1 In his first issue, Hendrix, a railroad switchman, contends that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment on his claims for his personal injuries that he sustained while walking on an “unsafe walkway made up of too large and mixed ballast” on the grounds that such claims are preempted by the Federal…