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WILKERSON v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN R.R. COMPANY

2980962.

795 So.2d 657 (1999)

Thomas Edison WILKERSON v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY and Illinois Central Railroad Company.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald T. Dudley, Jr., of Environmental Litigation Group, P.C., Birmingham, for appellant.

Turner B. Williams and J. Clinton Pittman of Sadler & Sullivan, Birmingham, for appellee Burlington Northern Railroad Company.

Robert D. Andrekanic of Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, Belleville, Illinois; and Michael C. Quillen of Walston, Wells, Anderson & Bains, L.L.P., Birmingham, for appellee Illinois Central Railroad Company.

THOMPSON, Judge

Thomas Edison Wilkerson appeals a summary judgment in favor of Burlington Northern Railroad Company ("BN") and Illinois Central Railroad Company ("IC"), on his claims under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. ("FELA"). Wilkerson worked as a machinist for IC from 1950 to 1951 and from 1953 to 1983. In 1983, when BN purchased IC's machine shop, Wilkerson began working for BN and continued working there until he retired....

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