Injured Train Workers’ Claims Survive Judgment Bid With Expert Opinions Intact

Mealey's (April 10, 2020, 10:26 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A transportation agency’s bid for summary judgment on two injured workers’ Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) claims based on the unreliability of their expert witness fails because expert testimony is not required under FELA to establish causation and because the expert’s opinions in the case are at least partly admissible, a New York federal judge ruled April 6 (Thomas Blume, et al. v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation, No. 1:18-cv-12251, S.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60562)....