Steffey v. Soo Line Railroad

How courts have described this case

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• stating that while under FELA a railroad had absolute liability for employee’s injury caused by violation of laws or regulations promulgated under LIA and SAA, “a non-employee who brings suit based on a violation of either safety act must sue in a state court under common-law tort theories”
• question of negligence not for jury where facts undisputed and finder-of-fact could reach only one conclusion
• question of negligence not for jury where facts undisputed and finder-of-fact could reach only one conclusion

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