Wilson v. CSX Transp., Inc.

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 819

Syllabus

FEDERAL EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ACT – NEGLIGENCE – RAILROADS – SUMMARY JUDGMENT – CIV.R. 56 – CAUSATION: Disputed issues of material fact precluded summary judgment on plaintiff employee's Federal Employers' Liability Act (\FELA\) claim where plaintiff testified in his deposition that defendant railroad had failed to repair the nonfunctioning crane on his work truck, where he testified that failure to repair required plaintiff to repeatedly lift abnormally heavy objects into his truck, and where plaintiff introduced expert affidavits attesting that \excessive physical labor at the railroad\ caused plaintiff's knee and back injuries. Plaintiff did not provide evidence of railroad negligence under FELA where plaintiff introduced evidence that defendant railroad had failed to perform certain assessments and offer certain trainings, but provided no evidence of what those assessments would have disclosed or what those trainings would have taught. Expert doctors' affidavits attesting that \excessive physical labor at the railroad\ caused plaintiff's degenerative injuries did not provide adequate evidence to show that plaintiff's trip-and-fall on a particular date played a part in those degenerative injuries. Plaintiff failed to show that defendant railroad breached its duty of care