No. 20-282
Sheldon Carmon v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
Response Waived
Tags: appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-employers-liability-act notice-of-dangerous-condition railroad-liability summary-judgment witness-credibility
Key Terms:
Arbitration
Arbitration
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether summary judgment was properly granted in a Federal Employers' Liability Act case
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTION PRESENTED In this Federal Employers’ Liability Act case, was summary judgment for the defendant railroad properly granted when (1) the courts below required proof of prior accidents, complaints, or reports in order to establish the railroad’s actual or constructive notice of a dangerous condition, (2) the courts below weighed evidence and _ witnesses’ credibility, and (3) an appellate panel refused to consider an issue that was implicitly raised in the trial court?
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-09-03
Waiver of right of respondent CSX Transportation, Inc. to respond filed.
2020-08-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 5, 2020)
Attorneys
CSX Transportation, Inc.
Evan Mark Tager — Mayer Brown LLP, Respondent
Evan Mark Tager — Mayer Brown LLP, Respondent
Sheldon Carman
Sidney Wythe Gilreath — Gilreath & Associates, PLLC, Petitioner
Sidney Wythe Gilreath — Gilreath & Associates, PLLC, Petitioner