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· 1/17/1980

Black v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Citations

  • 398 N.E.2d 1361
  • 73 Ind. Dec. 545
  • 1980 Ind. App. LEXIS 1271
  • 1980 WL 574267

How courts have described this case

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  • deciding that the regulations, “although not specifically dealing with” muddy walkways, regulated the entire track structure
  • finding preemption where federal government had simply \entered the area\ of railroad safety
  • complaint seeking Public Service Commission to order railroad to institute program to correct hazard created by muddy condition in which trainmen were required to work was preempted by virtue of provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act and corresponding federal regulations

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Judges: Robertson, Neal, Ratliff

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