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153192P.pdf   02/27/2017  Edward Blackorby  v.  BNSF Railway Company
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3192
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Colloton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Federal Railroad Safety Act. The district court erred in 
   instructing the jury that plaintiff need not establish intentional 
   retaliation in order to prevail on his claim that his discipline violated 
   the employee-protections provisions of the Act - see Kuduk v. BNSF Railway 
   Co., 768 F.3d 786 (8th Cir. 2014); jury verdict for plaintiff is reversed 
   and the matter is remanded for further proceedings.