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NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. BLACKMON

No. A03A0024.

585 S.E.2d 194 (2003)

262 Ga. App. 266

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. BLACKMON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, William C. Thompson, Steven D. Caley, Atlanta, for appellant.

Warshauer, Woodruff & Thomas, Michael J. Warshauer, Bradford W. Thomas, Atlanta, for appellee.

SMITH, Chief Judge.

Mark Blackmon was injured when his specially equipped rail maintenance truck ran into the rear of a stopped train. He brought this action against his employer, Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSRC), under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 USC § 51 et seq. The jury awarded $5,000,000 to Blackmon, and NSRC appeals, arguing among other things that the trial court erroneously denied...

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