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EDWARDS v. CSX TRANSP. INC.

No. 15-5385.

821 F.3d 758 (2016)

Ricky Lynn EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CSX TRANSPORTATION INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 6, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John D. Steel , Steel, Moss & Ebert, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant. Brian D. Netter , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John D. Steel , John A. Moss , Steel, Moss & Ebert, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant. Brian D. Netter , Evan M. Tager , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., John W. Baker , Emily L. Herman-Thompson , Baker, O'Kane, Atkins & Thompson, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: SUTTON and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges; OLIVER, Chief District Judge.

OPINION

Federal law regulates the bathrooms of trains. Invoking the relevant statutes and regulations, Ricky Edwards, a train engineer, claims that CSX Transportation owes him damages because an unsanitary locomotive toilet led to a career-ending injury. The engineer overreads the relevant provisions. While they...

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