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KULAVIC v. CHICAGO & ILLINOIS MIDLAND RY. CO.

No. 87-3292.

760 F.Supp. 137 (1991)

Daniel L. KULAVIC, Plaintiff, v. CHICAGO & ILLINOIS MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

April 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol J. Hansen Fines, Springfield, Ill., Charles A. Collins, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiff.

Charles E. Holt, Springfield, Ill., for defendant.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

Does a decision by a Public Law Board pursuant to the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151-161 (1926), have a preclusive effect on the availability of damages in a subsequent action brought pursuant to the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (1982)?

In short, yes.

I. Factual Background

Plaintiff Daniel Kulavic (Kulavic), a carman in the...

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