Key v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

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• involving a regulation issued by the FRA under the Boiler Inspection Act
• Boiler Inspection Act preempts common law claims against railroad by employee injured in fall from locomotive steps
• FELA claims of negligence as to locomotive design were pre-empted where locomotive complied with federal statute and regulations
• Boiler Inspection Act preempts common law claims against rail road by employee injured in fall from locomotive steps
• where locomotive steps were designed in accordance with regulation issued by he FRA pertaining to construction of locomotive steps, plaintiffs FELA claim that locomotive teps were negligently designed was precluded
• FELA claims of defective locomotive design were preempted where locomotive complied with FRA regulations

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