April 29, 2022
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.
April 28, 2022
A deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday let stand a Seventh Circuit ruling that allowed Union Pacific Railroad Co. to escape a negligence suit from an engineer who was injured when he slipped and fell while preparing a train to depart an Illinois rail yard.
March 28, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday grappled with how to define when a locomotive is "in use" and whether Union Pacific Railroad Co. should face liability for injuries an engineer sustained after he slipped and fell while preparing a train to depart an Illinois rail yard.
March 25, 2022
In each of the four cases set to be argued in the U.S. Supreme Court this week, private and public employers are defending against civil lawsuits brought by former employees — but the legal issues run the gamut from the enforceability of arbitration agreements to the scope of rail worker safety rules.
March 09, 2022
A group representing the largest U.S. railroads asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to uphold the Seventh Circuit's finding that Union Pacific wasn't liable for a worker injury sustained on an idling train, saying the court correctly interpreted the meaning of "in use" in the Locomotive Inspection Act.
February 08, 2022
Two transportation unions and the federal government have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to undo the Seventh Circuit's finding that Union Pacific Railroad Co. wasn't liable for a worker's slip-and-fall injury because the train he was on was idling at the time, saying the ruling departed from long-established precedent.
February 01, 2022
A locomotive engineer told the U.S. Supreme Court that Union Pacific Railroad Co. cannot narrow what it means for a train to be "in use" in order to escape liability for injuries he sustained after he slipped and fell while preparing a train to depart an Illinois rail yard.
December 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to consider a locomotive engineer's negligence suit alleging Union Pacific Railroad Co. is liable for serious injuries he sustained after he slipped and fell while preparing a train to depart an Illinois rail yard.