Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a decision in Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. This is yet another judicial decision ruling that a piece of federal regulatory legislation should be interpreted to preempt state common law tort claims. A disturbing element in this case is the willingness of the Court to give precedential effect to a case that was decided in 1926 at the height of the Court's opposition to progressive legislation protecting workers.
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