Legal Opinion
National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Krouse
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 21, 1993No. 92-CV-375PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAGNER, Associate Judge:
Appellee, Steven Krouse, brought this suit against his former employer, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (1988), for damages for injuries allegedly caused by Amtrak’s negligence. 1 Krouse’s theory of liability was that Amtrak negligently assigned him to work under conditions which it knew or should have known were beyond his physical capacity and which aggravated a knee and ankle injury he had sustained on the job. A jury found that Amtrak’s negligence contributed to Krouse’s…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Darrell R. Page v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
- Monessen Southwestern Railway Co. v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Louise Drazan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by28 opinions
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