10th Circuit:  FELA Requires Showing Of Safe Workplace, Not Safest Possible

Mealey's (February 7, 2020, 11:02 AM EST) -- DENVER — A railway worker who was injured while checking the contents of railcars failed to show that the workplace provided by his employer violated the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 5, rejecting the worker’s claim that his employer was required to provide the safest possible workplace (George M. Ezell v. BNSF Railway Company, No. 19-6018, 10th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3472)....