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    Court takes up FELA causation, 2 other cases (access required)

    Today the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether plaintiffs alleging negligence under the Federal Employers' Liability Act must prove proximate causation. That case, CSX Transportation v. McBride, was one of three that the Court agreed to review today. McBride involves a negligence claim brought by a railroad engineer who was injured while conducting train switching operations. ...

    This entry was posted on Monday, November 29th, 2010 at 1:11 pm and is filed under Supreme Court. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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