U.S. High Court Won’t Hear Railway Company’s Contributory Negligence Appeal

Mealey's (October 1, 2018, 12:16 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 1 denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by a railway company seeking review of a verdict in favor of an employee injured on the job and the lower court’s decision to give instruction on the assumption of risk in the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) case (Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Michael Parsons, No. 17-1376, U.S. Sup.)....