5th Circuit Panel Affirms In Part Defense Judgment In Asphyxiation Death Suit

NEW ORLEANS - A unanimous Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on March 19 affirmed summary judgment for the employer of a Louisiana laborer asphyxiated in a railroad tank car and reversed summary judgment for the company that leased the car and returned it in an allegedly dangerous condition (Amy Avery Sampson v. GATX Corp., et al., No. 12-30406, 5th Cir.)....(read more)