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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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 …