Railway Employer not Liable for Failure to Guard Against Worker's Death from Heart Attack

A divided 1st District Court of Appeal panel ruled that a railway was entitled to a directed verdict in its favor on a claim that it had violated the Federal Employers Liability Act by failing to take preventative measures to guard against an employee suffering from cardiac arrest. Case: Sells v. CSX Transportation, No. 1D13-4775, 05/04/2015, published. Facts: Larry Sells worked as a conductor for CSX Transportation. In August 2006, he suffered a heart attack shortly after disembarking from a train to manually operate a switch in a rural area of Clay County. Dick Wells, the conduct...