WADE v. SOO LINE R.R. CORP.

No. 06-1878.

500 F.3d 559 (2007)

Michael WADE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOO LINE RAILROAD CORPORATION and Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Defendants-Appellees. George T. Brugess, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Garmisa, Hoey & Farina, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark E. Shure (argued), Keating & Shure, Daniel J. Mohan, Daley & Mohan, George T. Brugess, Hoey & Farina, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

George T. Brugess (argued), Hoey & Farina, Chicago, IL, pro se.

Steven P. Garmisa, Hoey & Farina, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

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


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Michael Wade alleged that he was permanently injured while operating a handbrake on the Soo Line Railroad. (The Soo Line is a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is not clear from the record which company is Wade's employer; because nothing turns on the issue, we refer to both collectively as the Soo Line.) Wade brought this action under the Federal Employees Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60, seeking damages for medical...

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