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WAYMIRE v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 99-2788.

218 F.3d 773 (2000)

Joseph J. WAYMIRE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 14, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Thompson (argued), Laurence C. Acker, Harrington, Thompson, Acker & Harrington, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John C. Duffey, Geoffrey L. Blazi (argued), Stuart & Branigin, Lafayette, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Raymond H. Groble, III, Daley & Mohan, Chicago, IL, Louis P. Warchot, Association of American Railroads, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge and BAUER and MANION, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Waymire, a conductor for the defendant Norfolk and Western Railway Company ("N & W"), sued his employer under the Federal Employers' Liability Act ("FELA"), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., claiming that the post traumatic stress he suffered after a train/truck collision disabled him from continuing his employment. The District Court found that Waymire's FELA negligence claims were superseded by the Federal Railroad Safety Act ...

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