Blake v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

Defendants appeal, and plaintiffs cross-appeal, from a judgment of the circuit court entered in favor of plaintiffs and against defendant Consolidated Rail Corporation, also known as Conrail, in the amount of $4,500,000 on plaintiffs’ claim under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 USC 51 et seq., and of $4,400,000 against defendant National Railroad Passenger Corporation, also known as Amtrak, on plaintiffs’ wrongful death claim on a theory of premises liability. We affirm.

This action arises from the December 31, 1978, murder of three railroad workers, Robert Blake, Charles Burton, and…