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- Title: Csx Transportation v. Easterwood
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 21, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
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Thomas Easterwood was killed on February 24, 1988 when a train owned and operated by petitioner and cross-respondent CSX Transportation collided with the truck he was driving at the Cook Street crossing in Cartersville, Georgia. His widow, respondent and cross-petitioner Lizzie Easterwood, brought this diversity wrongful death action, which alleges, inter alia, that CSX was negligent under Georgia law for failing to maintain adequate warning devices at the crossing and for operating the train at an excessive speed. The issue before the Court is the extent to which the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (FRSA), 84 Stat. 971, as amended, 45 U.S.C. ?? 421-447 (1988 ed. and Supp. II), pre-empts these claims.