Legal Opinion
BNSF Ry. Co. v. Seats, Inc.
District Court, D. Nebraska
Decided January 18, 2019No. 4:16CV3121PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Richard G. Kopf, Senior United States District Judge *951Plaintiff BNSF alleges that in 2015, it settled a contested Federal Employers' Liability1 ("FELA") and Locomotive Inspection Act2 ("LIA") action with an employee engineer. (Filing 1, Complaint ¶¶ 16 & 19.) The engineer alleged that the backrest of his locomotive seat gave away suddenly due to an allegedly defective reclining mechanism, resulting in career-ending injuries to his back. (Id. ¶¶ 15 & 17.) He claimed the locomotive seat-which was designed, manufactured, and marketed by the defendant in this action, Seats, Inc., and installed by…
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