Court Revives Worker's FELA Suit for Injury From Climbing Into Stopped Locomotive

The Illinois Appellate Court revived a railway worker's negligence claim against his employer for a knee injury that occurred while he was retrieving a locomotive that had been disconnected from a train and stopped on the tracks. Case: Davis v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co., No. 3-15-0464, 07/11/2016, published. Facts: Stephen Davis worked as a locomotive conductor for more than 40 years. He injured his knee at work in November 2009 while climbing into a locomotive that had been disconnected from the rear of a coal train and left by itself because it was unable to establi...