FELA Covered Worker Who Fell while Looking for Spot to Urinate

A federal appellate court ruled that a railway which had allegedly failed to provide a clean bathroom to its workers was liable to an employee who had slipped and fallen while walking off to find a private place to use instead.Case: Szekeres v. CSX Transportation Inc., No. 12-3689, 09/25/2013, published.Facts: James D. Szekeres began working for CSX Transportation in 1967.In 2006, while on a crew responsible for taking a freight train from Cleveland to Medina County, Szekeres disembarked to operate a railroad ground switch in Valley City, Ohio. He also testified that he planned to urinate beca...