ELLIOTT v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 89-2774.

910 F.2d 1224 (1990)

Sharlene F. ELLIOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, a Virginia Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Reed Bayless, Law Offices of Kathryn Reed Bayless, Princeton, W. Va., for plaintiff-appellant.

Wade Thomas Watson, Sanders, Watson & White, Bluefield, W. Va., argued. (David L. White, Sanders, Watson & White, Bluefield, W. Va., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before WIDENER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


REBECCA BEACH SMITH, District Judge:

Sharlene F. Elliott ("Elliott") brought this suit under the Federal Employer's Liability Act ("FELA"), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51, et seq. (1982), against her former employer, Norfolk & Western Railway Company ("N & W"), for emotional distress she allegedly suffered as a result of certain disputes in the workplace with her supervisors. The district court granted N & W's motion for summary judgment, holding that...

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