Amtrak Worker Wins Appeal in Claim for Bathroom Cleaning Injury

Amtrak must continue to defend a Federal Employers’ Liability Act claim from a worker who was hurt while cleaning a passenger car bathroom, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled.

The summary order issued Friday held that a federal district court in New York wrongly granted summary judgment to Amtrak in the case brought by employee Maria Sierra. Sierra filed her lawsuit after suffering a knee injury at work in July 2018.

“Any Amtrak passenger knows that passenger train bathrooms look quite different at the beginning of a trip compared to the end,” the appeals court said ...