United States Sixth Circuit

In a Federal Employers' Liability Act action based on injuries Plaintiffs sustained in working at Defendant's railroad yard, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where a Federal Railway Safety Act regulation covered the hazard at issue and precluded Plaintiffs' negligence claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/18/2009
• Published 03/18/2009

Judges

• Before: SILER, BATCHELDER, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Robert B. Thompson, Harrington, Thompson, Acker & Harrington, Chicago, Illinois, Kirk E. Karamanian, O'Bryan, Baun, Cohen, Kuebler & Karamanian, Birmingham, Michigan, for Appellants.  Andrew E. Tauber, MAYER Brown, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Robert B. Thompson, Laurence C. Acker, Harrington, Thompson, Acker & Harrington, Chicago, Illinois, Kirk E. Karamanian, O'Bryan, Baun, Cohen, Kuebler & Karamanian, Birmingham, Michigan, for Appellants.  Andrew E. Tauber, Mayer Brown, Washington, D.C., Evan Mark Tager, Mayer Brown, Chicago, Illinois, Richard A. Dietz, Michael J. Liddane, Foster, Meadows & Ballard, Detroit, Michigan, James R. Carnes, Anspach Meeks Ellenberger, Toledo, Ohio, for Appellees.  James L. O'Connell, Lindhorst & Dreidame Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, for Amicus Curiae.