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High Court's Punt Leaves Rail Worker Injury Suits In A Jumble

By Linda Chiem (April 29, 2022, 9:43 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court missed an opportunity to clear up confusing case law concerning railroads' liability when workers are seriously injured by punting a locomotive engineer's negligence suit against Union Pacific Railroad Co., largely maintaining the status quo for railroads, experts say....

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