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KEY v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO.

No. A97A1590.

491 S.E.2d 511 (1997)

228 Ga. App. 305

KEY v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

August 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blackwood, Matthews & Steel, John D. Steel, John B. Briggs, Atlanta, for appellant.

Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, F. Kennedy Hall, Mark E. Toth, Macon, for appellee.

RUFFIN, Judge.

Carl Key, a train engineer for Norfolk Southern Railway Company ("Norfolk"), filed suit under the Federal Employers' Liability Act ("FELA") and the Boiler Inspection Act ("BIA") to recover damages from his employer for injuries he sustained in a July 1992 fall from a locomotive. Key claimed that while descending from the locomotive using its three built-in steps, he missed the middle step and fell. Key and his expert allege the fall was caused by the...

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