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· 2/19/2003

Starks v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad

Citations

  • 245 F. Supp. 2d 896
  • 19 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1152
  • 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2333
  • 2003 WL 366571

How courts have described this case

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  • the FELA offers exclusive remedy for railroad employees seeking to recover for personal injury incurred in course of employment
  • the FELA offers exclusive remedy for railroad employees seeking to recover for personal injury incurred in course of employment
  • “This court agrees with Harris–Scaggs that nothing in the statutory design of FELA or its subsequent judicial interpretations compels a conclusion that FELA ‘occupies the field’ to such an extent that non- actionable FELA claims cannot be pursued as state[-]law torts.”

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Judges: Gettleman

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