A recent (and surprising) ruling of the United States Supreme Court may allow businesses to be sued in states in which they have little connection. The United States Supreme Court, split 5-4 (Gorsuch, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor...more
7/7/2023
/ Commerce Clause ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Due Process ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
General Jurisdiction ,
Mallory v Norfolk Southern Railway Co ,
Out-of-State Companies ,
Pennsylvania ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Principal Place of Business ,
Registration Requirement ,
SCOTUS
Interpretation of the phrase “in use” as used in the Locomotive Inspection Act (LIA) continues to baffle courts across the country, including the Supreme Court of the United States. On April 28, 2022, the Supreme Court let...more
4/29/2022
/ Bradley LeDure v Union Pac R R Co ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) ,
Infrastructure ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Negligence ,
Railways ,
Safe Harbors ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Strict Liability ,
Trains ,
Transportation Industry ,
Union Pacific ,
Workplace Hazards ,
Workplace Injury