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SEEBERGER v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN R. CO.

No. 67328-4.

982 P.2d 1149 (1999)

138 Wash.2d 815

Raymond L. SEEBERGER, Respondent, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 2, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lane, Powell, Spears & Lubersky, Timothy D. Wackerbarth, Michael B. King, Seattle, Louis P. Warchot, Daniel Saphire, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Association of American Railroads.

Kroschel, Gibson, Kinerk & Reeve, David Reeve, Bellevue, for Petitioner.

Mary E. Van Gemert, Seattle, Mitchell, Lang & Smith, Thomas M. Christ, Portland, OR, for Respondent.

TALMADGE, J.

We must decide in this case if an injured railroad worker has adduced sufficient evidence of his employer's negligence to take his case under 45 U.S.C. § 51, the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), to the jury. Under the very liberal test articulated in federal case law, which requires the worker provide only slight evidence his injuries were foreseeably the result of the railroad's breach of its duty to provide him a safe tool in his workplace...

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