CSX Worker Who Posted About Crash Can’t Revive Suit Over Firing

A former locomotive engineer with CSX Transportation Inc. lost his bid to revive a lawsuit challenging the company’s decision to fire him because of a social media post, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said.

Kirk E. Knopp in 2019 used his personal social media account to post a comment about a man being being struck and killed by a CSX train. CSX terminated his employment after concluding that his conduct violated the company’s social media policy, the appeals court said.

An Ohio federal district court—which granted CSX summary judgment May 19, 2023—properly ruled Oct. 16, 2023 ...