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NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. SORRELL

No. 05-746.

127 S.Ct. 799 (2007)

549 U.S. 158

166 L.Ed.2d 638

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Petitioner. v. Timothy SORRELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 10, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter G. Phillips , Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.

L. Perry , for Respondent.

Laura D. Hunt , Senior General Attorney, Norfolk, VA, James W. Erwin , David Dick Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, Carter G. Phillips , Stephen B. Kinnaird , Eric A. Shumsky , Julie A. Gurley , Ruthanne M. Deutsch , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.

Kathleen M. Sullivan , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart , Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, Jerome J. Schlichter , Roger C. Denton , Mary L. Perry , Schlichter, Bogard & Denton, St. Louis, MO, for Respondent.

Timothy Sorrell, respondent in this Court, sustained neck and back injuries while working as a trackman for petitioner Norfolk Southern Railway Company. He filed suit in Missouri state court under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 35 Stat. 65, as amended, 45 U.S.C. §§...

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