District Court, N.D. Indiana August 6, 2014, No. 3:12-CV-102 JD (Johnson v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.)

OPINION AND ORDER

JON E. DEGUILIO, District Judge.

Plaintiff James Johnson worked for Defendant Norfolk South Railway Company (“Norfolk Southern”) as a conductor. While he was working in the company’s Elkhart rail yard, he slipped and fell while walking on ballast — the rocks that are typically used as a bed on which railroad ties are laid — and fractured his ankle.