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COLLINS v. NATIONAL RAILROAD

No. 143, September Term, 2009.

9 A.3d 56 (2010)

417 Md. 217

Michele COLLINS v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 1, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Matthew Darby ( Guy M. Albertini and H. David Leibensperger of Berman, Sobin, Gross, Feldman & Darby, LLP, Towson, MD), on brief, for petitioner/cross-respondent.

Stephen B. Caplis ( Daniel W. Goldberg of Setliff, Turner & Holland, P.C., Baltimore, MD), on brief, for respondent/cross-petitioner.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.

GREENE, J.

We are asked to determine whether a jury instruction proposed by the plaintiff in a suit brought pursuant to the Federal Employers' Liability Act ("FELA"), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (2006), was improperly denied. Michele Collins ("Petitioner" or "Collins") brought survivorship and wrongful death actions against the National Railroad Passenger Corporation ("Respondent" or "Amtrak") alleging that Amtrak's negligence caused the death of her husband and...

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