Csx Transportation, Inc. v. Robert McBride — Roberts, J., Dissenting

Summary

Chief Justice Roberts, dissenting, argues that under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), a worker must still prove that an employer's negligence was the proximate cause of injury. He contends that the statutory phrase 'in whole or in part' was intended to abolish contributory negligence rules, not proximate cause requirements, and that Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. did not eliminate the proximate cause standard.