Railroad Worker With Discipline Record Couldn’t Show Injury Caused Firing

Mealey's (February 22, 2019, 9:54 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A railroad worker with previous safety violations who was injured on the job while not wearing a seat belt failed to show that reporting a workplace injury and not his safety infractions caused his termination, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 20, affirming a trial court’s summary judgment ruling (Douglas Holloway v. Soo Line Railroad Company, No. 18-2431, 7th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 4919)....