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WHEELER v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO.

No. 20-30693.

6 F.4th 626 (2021)

James WHEELER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY; Unidentified Parties, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed July 29, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Johnson, Esq. , Houma, LA, Joseph Rodney Franks, Esq. , Franks Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Romney Hastings Entrekin, Esq. , Benjamin Blue Morgan, Esq. , Attorney, Burson Entrekin Orr Mitchell & Lacey, P.A., Laurel, MS, Renee Faye Smith Auld, Esq. , Travis Louis Bourgeois , Sidney W. Degan, III, Esq. , Attorney, Degan, Blanchard & Nash, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Smith and Ho, Circuit Judges, and Barker, District Judge.

James Wheeler was employed by Hulcher Services, Inc. while working at a New Orleans railyard. After he lost several fingers in an accident at the railyard, he sued the railyard's owner, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, under a federal law that allows suit by railroad employees injured on the job. See Federal...

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