Union Pacific Railroad Company v. William Nami

delivered .the opinion of the Court, in which

JUSTICE GREEN, JUSTICE WILLETT, JUSTICE GUZMAN, , JUSTICE LEHRMANN, JUSTICE BOYD, JUSTICE DEVINE, and JUSTICE BROWN joined. ■

A railroad employee who contracted West Nile virus' from a mosquito bite contends that his employer is liable for damages under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (“FELA”),1’ which requires railroads to provide their employees reasonably safe places to work. FELA liability is generally based on common-law negligence principles. One well-established principle, part of the doctrine of ferae naturae, limits a property owner’s…