Legal Opinion
BNSF Railway Co. v. United States Department of Labor
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 7, 2016No. 14-9602PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
BNSF Railway petitions for review of the Administrative Review Board’s (the Board) decisions (1) affirming an Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) finding that BNSF violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA or the Act), 49 U.S.C. § 20109, when it fired BNSF employee Christopher Cain, and (2) the ALJ’s imposing punitive damages for the violation. Exercising jurisdiction under 49 U.S.C. § 20109(d)(4) and § 42121(b)(4)(A), we deny the petition in part, grant it in part, and remand to the Board for further proceedings.
BACKGROUND
In February 2006, BNSF hired Christopher…
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