Court of Special Appeals of Maryland September 2, 2011, 01959, September Term, 2009 (Page v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.)

KEHOE, J.

In the taxonomy of the law, the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. § 51,

et seq.,

is a platypus. Intended to provide a remedy for injured railroad workers, the FELA “hovers ambivalently between workers’ compensation law and the common law of negligence. It is neither, but it partakes of characteristics of both.”

CSX v. Miller,

159 Md.App. 123, 129, 858 A.2d 1025 (2004).