Legal Opinion
Brasier v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO., INC.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 20, 2004No. 1022095PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Larry Dale Brasier appeals from a summary judgment in favor of Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Inc. We reverse and remand.
I
On the evening of March 7, 2001, Larry Dale Brasier was working at the Mobile North Yard as a trainman for Norfolk Southern. Brasier's job required him to "switch" railcars on the various lines and to assemble trains to run on the rail the following morning. Brasier was injured while attempting to uncouple an empty tank car from another railcar. Brasier asserts that the automatic coupler used to couple and uncouple the railcars did not operate properly.
On March 19,…
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