Justice BAKER delivered the opinion of the Court.
Seymour Williams, a former employee with Union Pacific Railroad Company, brought a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) claim against Union Pacific based on an injury Williams suffered at a train derailment site. See 45 U.S.C. § 51. The issue is whether the trial court erred in refusing to submit Union Pacific's proposed foreseeability instruction in the jury charge. The jury held for Williams, and the...
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