NATIONAL R.R. PASSENGER CORP. v. KROUSE

No. 92-CV-375.

627 A.2d 489 (1993)

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Steven KROUSE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Landman, with whom William G. Ballaine and William A. Edelson, New York City, were on the brief, for appellant.

H. Vincent McKnight, Jr., Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before TERRY and WAGNER, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.


WAGNER, Associate Judge:

Appellee, Steven Krouse, brought this suit against his former employer, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (1988), for damages for injuries allegedly caused by Amtrak's negligence.1 Krouse's theory of liability was that Amtrak negligently assigned him to work under conditions which it knew or should have known were beyond...

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