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NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. ZEAGLER

No. S12G2031.

748 S.E.2d 846 (2013)

293 Ga. 582

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. ZEAGLER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 23, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Steven Stewart , Amanda Rodman Smith , Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, LLP, Macon, GA, for Norfolk Southern Railway Company.

Michael J. Warshauer , Douglas Campbell Dumont , Darl Hilton Champion Jr. , Lyle Griffin Warshauer , Warshauer Law Group, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Zeagler.

Christopher Randall Jordan , Randall A. Jordan , The Jordan Firm, St. Simons Island, for amicus appellant.

Jeffrey R. White , Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, DC, John Anderson Harp , Jefferson C. Callier , Harp & Callier, LLP, Columbus, for amicus appellee.

NAHMIAS, Justice.

The plaintiff in this case, William Zeagler, was a train conductor employed by the defendant Norfolk Southern Railway Company ("Norfolk Southern"). Zeagler was injured when the train on which he was working collided with a logging truck at a grade crossing. He sued Norfolk Southern under the Federal Employers' Liability Act ("FELA"), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq., claiming that the railroad negligently failed to train him on how to avoid or mitigate...

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