Bahus v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Federal Employers’ Liability Act
Citation
Case Number: 
2019 IL App (1st) 180722
Decision Date: 
Friday, June 28, 2019
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 4th Div,
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
BURKE

Court properly granted summary judgment to defendant railroad on Plaintiff's claim, under Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) to recover for a workplace injury to his knee while kneeling to perform maintenance on a GURU valve on a locomotive engine. Plaintiff's own testimony that he was injured while working on a GURU valve and that railroad could have installed the valve facing another way did not provide sufficient evidence of railroad's negligence to survive summary judgment.Evidence showed that railroad complied with manufacturer's directions in installing valves. Plaintiff provided no evidence that railroad negligently breached its obligation to provide a reasonably safe workplace or that its negligence played any part in his injury. (McBRIDE and REYES, concurring.)