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WILKINS v. CSX TRANSP., INC.

No. COA08-181.

669 S.E.2d 784 (2008)

Henry J. WILKINS, Plaintiff v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 16, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton, P.C., by Randall E. Appleton, Virginia Beach, VA; and John J. Korzen, Kernersville, for plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee.

Millberg, Gordon & Stewart, P.L.L.C., by John C. Millberg and Jonathan P. Holbrook, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee/cross-appellant.

CALABRIA, Judge.

Henry J. Wilkins ("plaintiff") sustained back injuries while working as a maintenance of way worker for CSX Transportation, Inc. ("defendant"). He filed a complaint in Northampton County Superior Court under the Federal Employers' Liability Act 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. ("FELA"), which makes railroads liable to their employees for injuries "resulting in whole or in part from the negligence" of the railroad, § 51. Contributory negligence...

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