Case Name: Anthony J. Incaprera v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Date Decided: January 7, 2010
Court: U.S.D.C. S.D. Illinois
Judge: Judge Reagan
Citation: 2010 WL 98879 (S.D.Ill.)

Background:
Plaintiff, Anthony J. Incaprera sued the Union Pacific Railroad Company for an injury sustained in the course of his employment as a maintenance-of-way employee.

Incaprera alleged that he injured his back while shoveling large ballast rock, claiming that UP failed to provide him with a reasonably safe place to work, reasonably safe methods of work, and adequate equipment. Incaprera brought this action against UP under the FELA, Federal Employers Liability Act.

Case Name: Simo Dimic v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, d/b/a Metra/Metropolitan Rail
Case Name: December 29, 2009
Court: U.S.D.C. Northern District of Illinois
Judge: Judge Nordberg
Citation: 2009 WL 5213875 (N.D.Ill.)

Background:
Plaintiff, Simo Dimi, brought this action under FELA, Federal Employers’ Liability Act, seeking damages for an injury that allegedly occurred while cleaning railroad coach cars for defendant, Metra (Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corp.)

Dimic claimed on the day he was injured he was required to clean double the amount of railroad cars than he was normally assigned to clean in one day. According to Dimic, Matra was short workers that day which accounted for the extra cleaning duties.

Case Name: Travis Harrison v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, et al.
Date Decided: September 28, 2009
Court: U.S.D.C. Southern District of Illinois
Citation: 2009 WL 3156701 (S.D.Ill.)
Judge: Judge Herndon

Background:
Plaintiff, Travis Harrison (“Harrison”), filed an action under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act (“FELA”), against defendants, including Illinois Central Railroad, (“Illinois Central”).

Harrison alleged that while working for Illinois Central, as a yardmaster on property owned by co-defendant Tate & Lyle he was injured as a result of his truck falling into a hole.

Case Name: Lynford Grogg v CSX Transportation
Date Decided: September 14, 2009
Court: U.S.D.C. N.D. Indiana Fort Wayne Division
Judge: Judge Lee
Citation: 2009 WL 2970380 (N.D.Ind.)

Background:
Defendant, CSX Transportation (“CSX”) filed a motion for summary judgment in response to plaintiff, Lynford Grogg’s (“Grogg”) action filed pursuant to the Federal Employer’s Liability Act (“FELA”).

Grogg was employed by CSX from 1968 to 2007, and spent most of his long career with the railroad as a road conductor. Grogg rode trains over the railroad rather than working in a rail yard. Grogg asserted that during the course of his employment as a conductor for defendant, he was seriously injured while riding on defective locomotives on rough and defective tracks that did not meet size specifications.