Court Finds Expert Medical Causation Testimony Not Needed in Accidental Injury Case

MACON, Ga. — A federal judge denied Norfolk Southern Railway Co.’s (NYSE: NSC) post-trial bid for judgment as a matter of law, saying the plaintiff’s claim of accidental injury did not require supporting testimony from a medical causation expert.

Senior Judge Hugh Lawson denied the motion March 7 and ordered the clerk of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia to enter final judgment on the jury verdict in favor of plaintiff Millon R. Clements.

Clements sued Norfolk Southern for back injuries he alleged resulted from a fall from his work vehicle in 2010. Clements said that …