By: Derek Hawkins//March 11, 2019//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Jeffery A. Kopplin v. Wisconsin Central Limited
Case No.: 17-3602
Officials: SYKES, BARRETT, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.
Focus: FELA Violation
Jeffery Kopplin brought two claims against the Wisconsin Central railroad under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (“FELA”), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51 et seq. Both rest on the same allegation: that Kopplin injured his elbow in an effort to operate a broken railroad switch while employed by Wisconsin Central. The district court entered summary judgment for the railroad in part because Kopplin could not prove that the broken switch caused his injury. While the parties raise several other questions, that alone is sufficient to affirm.
Affirmed