BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell
U.S. Supreme Court · decided May 30, 2017 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- May 30, 2017
- Term
- October Term 2016
- Vote
- 8–1
- Majority author
- Justice Ginsburg
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2016 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U.S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus BNSF RAILWAY CO. v. TYRRELL, SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ESTATE OF TYRRELL, DECEASED, ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MONTANA No. 16–405. Argued April 25, 2017—Decided May 30, 2017 The Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S. C . §51 et seq., makes railroads liable in money damages to their employees for on- the-job injuries. Respondent Robert Nelson, a North Dakota resi- dent, brought a FELA suit against petitioner BNSF Railway Compa- ny (BNSF) in a Montana state court, alleging that he had sustained injuries while working for BNSF. Respondent Kelli Tyrrell, appoint- ed in South Dakota as the administrator of her husband Brent Tyr- rell’s estate, also sued BNSF under FELA in a Montana state court, alleging that Brent had developed a fatal cancer from his exposure to carcinogenic chemicals while working for BNSF. Neither worker was injured in Montana. Neither incorporated nor headquartered there, BNSF…
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