| 25-121 |
Kera Morgan, as Administrator and Personal Representative of the Estate of Phillip Raymond Morgan v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Delaware Corporation |
Iowa |
2025-07-31 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
employee-suicide federal-employers-liability-act negligence workplace-harassment wrongful-death zone-of-danger |
1. Whether the "zone of danger" test articulated in Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Gottshall, 512 U.S. 532 (1994), applies to wrongful death claims premis… |
| 22-225 |
Leopoldo Mendoza-Gomez v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Individually and Successor-in-Interest to Southern Pacific Transportation Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-12 |
Dismissed |
|
asbestos-exposure cancer disease-claims existing-controversy federal-employers-liability-act fela future-liability railroad-liability release statutory-interpretation |
Whether a release of an "existing controversy" that also purports to exempt a railroad from future liability for legally distinct claims for diseases … |
| 21-1265 |
Clarence Lowe v. Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District |
Indiana |
2022-03-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
federal-employers-liability-act indiana-tort-claims-act municipal-corporation notice-of-claim-statute political-subdivision sovereign-immunity state-procedural-law tort-claims-act |
The Federal Employers Liability Act ("FELA") provides injured railroad workers with a federal cause of action to obtain redress for their injuries res… |
| 21-7138 |
Roy Franklin Echols, Jr. v. CSX Transportation, Inc. |
Fourth Circuit |
2022-02-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
access-to-courts americans-with-disabilities-act civil-procedure covid-19 due-process federal-employers-liability-act fela fourteenth-amendment standing summons-service |
1. Did the United States District Court Error by denying the January 13,2020, initial No.1 CSX Transportation Corporate Headquarters Address -ho exped… |
| 21-270 |
BNSF Railway Company v. Robert Dannels |
Montana |
2021-08-25 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
federal-employers-liability-act non-frivolous-defenses preemption railroad-liability settlement settlement-obligations state-law-claims state-law-duties unfair-settlement-practices uniform-federal-framework |
Whether FELA preempts state-law duties that require a defendant to settle and pay FELA claims even when the defendant has non-frivolous defenses to li… |
| 20-807 |
Bradley LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company |
Seventh Circuit |
2020-12-15 |
Judgment Issued |
CVSGAmici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
circuit-split federal-employers-liability-act foreseeability in-use interstate-commerce locomotive-inspection-act negligence-per-se railroad-liability safety-regulation statutory-interpretation |
Two questions are presented:
1. Whether a locomotive is in use on a railroad's line and subject to the LIA and its safety regulations when its train … |
| 20-282 |
Sheldon Carmon v. CSX Transportation, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-09-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-employers-liability-act notice-of-dangerous-condition railroad-liability summary-judgment witness-credibility |
In this Federal Employers' Liability Act case, was summary judgment for the defendant railroad properly granted when (1) the courts below required pro… |
| 19-1440 |
Melvin Ammons, et al. v. Wisconsin Central, Ltd. |
Illinois |
2020-06-30 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
comparative-negligence counterclaim federal-employers-liability-act fela fela-liability property-damage railroad-liability setoff statutory-interpretation statutory-limitations void-device |
1. When a railroad files a counterclaim for property damage in an injured employee's FELA action to purposely or intentionally evade FELA liability to… |
| 19-960 |
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company v. Steven R. Lilly |
Michigan |
2020-01-31 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
civil-procedure employment-law federal-employers-liability-act fela jury-instruction jury-instructions personal-injury preexisting-condition railroad-employee workplace-liability |
Whether, in a personal injury action brought by a railroad employee against his employer under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), a jury must… |
| 19-625 |
Rita Guerrero, Individually and as the Special Administrator of the Estate of Celso N. Guerrero v. BNSF Railway Company |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-11-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
federal-employers-liability-act interstate-commerce interstate-rail-service jury-trial negligence scope-of-employment seventh-amendment summary-judgment |
1. Whether the decision by the Seventh Circuit panel conflicts with provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, and the uniform precedents of … |
| 18-1367 |
Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Mark A. Sumner |
Virginia |
2019-04-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
burden-of-proof but-for-causation but-for-cause causation civil-procedure common-law employee-injury federal-employers-liability-act federal-employers-liability-act-fela fela negligence proximate-cause railroad-liability |
Whether FELA permits liability when the plaintiff cannot meet the common-law standard of proof for but-for causation. |