unk. Wrote:
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> Dr Zarkoff Wrote:
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> > Does the acronym FELA ring any bells?
>
> Being a non-rail, I don't know FELA, so I just
> read the Wikipedia entry. It says:
>
> FELA was not intended to be awarded automatically.
> Unlike State Workers' Compensation Law, FELA
> requires the injured railroader to prove that the
> railroad was "legally negligent," at least in
> part, in causing the injury.
>
> The lawsuit makes more sense.


It does, considering even laymen like myself from two states away know the lack of training and test runs coupled with the presence of a supervisor in the cab at the time is probably enough probable cause.