| 23-1056 |
Joseph Brent Mattingly v. R.J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-03-26 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
civil-procedure common-carrier corporate-law federal-procedure fela parent-company subsidiary summary-judgment veil-piercing |
Whether the veil-piercing provisions of FELA compel disregard of state corporate charter laws |
| 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 … |
| 21-7138 |
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 |
Did the United States District Court err in denying the initial request to expedite process? |
| 20-852 |
Shaquere Myleshia Gray, Co-Administratrix of the Estate of Gregory Tremaine Miller, et al. v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-12-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights court-of-appeals due-process employer-liability federal-courts fela fifth-circuit labor-law legal-interpretation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has deviated from established Supreme Court precedent under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA… |
| 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 |
When a railroad files a counterclaim for property damage in an injured employee's FELA action, is the counterclaim void or does it violate statutory l… |
| 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 a jury must be instructed about an employee's preexisting physical condition in a FELA personal injury action against an employer |
| 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 |
| 18-1246 |
BNSF Railway Company, et al. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, et al. |
Montana |
2019-03-26 |
Dismissed |
Amici (2) |
bad-faith bad-faith-claims federal-framework federal-preemption fela fela-preemption litigation-conduct railroad-liability self-insured-employer state-law-liability |
Whether FELA preempts bad-faith claims under Montana law that seek to impose state-law liability based on the litigation conduct of a self-insured emp… |