Norton v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Citations
- 567 S.E.2d 851
- 350 S.C. 473
- 2002 S.C. LEXIS 130
How courts have described this case
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- \This [c]ourt's review is limited to consideration of whether evidence exists to support the trial court's order.\ (internal quotation marks omitted)
- \It is firmly established that questions of sufficiency of evidence for the jury in cases arising under FELA in state courts are determined by federal rules.\
- a FELA action heard in state court is controlled by federal substantive law
- applied the federal “against the clear weight of the evidence” standard
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Fela is a Federal Statute Which Provides the Framework for Handling the Injury Claims of Federal Railroad Workers. State Courts Have Concurrent Jurisdiction to Hear Fela Claims. 45 U.S.C. ⧠56. a Fela Action Brought in State Court is Controlled by Federal Substantive Law and State Procedural Law. However
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