CSX Transportation, Inc. v. McBride
United States Supreme Court
131 S.Ct. 2630 (2011)
Relevant factsFree
McBride (defendant in the caption but the injured plaintiff) permanently injured his hand operating allegedly unsafe train equipment he claimed CSX (defendant) failed to properly train him to use; the district court refused CSX's requested jury instructions requiring proof of common-law proximate cause, instead instructing under FELA's broader causation language, and the jury found for McBride.
IssueFree
Whether the Federal Employers Liability Act imposes liability upon railroad carriers for injuries sustained by an employee, in the course of his employment, when the carrier's negligence played any part, even the slightest, in producing the injury.