INGRAM, Justice.
Lawrence L. Battiste sued CSX Transportation, Inc., under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1988), asserting that he had suffered an on-the-job injury while employed by CSX on January 5, 1987. Battiste alleged that, as he was unfastening a generator that was mounted to the bed of a truck owned by CSX, the lid to the metal box enclosing the generator closed on his hand, because the safety chain designed to hold...
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