Case: Individual Employment Rights/Whistleblowing (M.D. Fla.)

A Florida federal district court denied summary judgment to CSX Transportation, Inc. on a retaliation claim under the Federal Railroad Safety Act brought by a chief engineer who alleged blacklisting after he sent a whistleblower letter about derailment reporting, finding that telephone calls to his subsequent employers constituted adverse employment action and CSX failed to show it would have made the calls absent protected activity.

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