11th Circuit Rejects Former CSX Employee's Safety-Related Whistleblowing Claims
"The evidence at summary judgment establishes that Hitt engaged in protected activity by refusing to work during the lightning storm and refusing to operate at speeds he considered unsafe and that he suffered an adverse action by being terminated. But there is no evidence that these actions were a contributing factor to CSX's decision to terminate him," Judge Andrew L. Brasher wrote.
September 11, 2024 at 06:52 PM
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A CSX train operator could not prove that his refusal to work in unsafe conditions during a lightning storm in Birmingham, Alabama, was a contributing factor to his alleged retaliatory termination months later, a federal appellate court ruled this week.
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