Ex-BNSF Worker’s Retaliation Claim Hits Wall in Eighth Circuit

A Labor Department judge had enough proof to reject a former BNSF Railway Co. worker’s claim that the railroad unlawfully fired him a dozen years ago for reporting an on-the-job injury, a federal appeals court ruled.

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Thursday deferred to an administrative law judge’s decision to credit testimony from managers that supported a finding that Clyde Carter’s supervisors didn’t retaliate against him.

“A reasonable mind would find the evidence adequate to support the finding that Carter’s injury report neither resulted in workplace animus nor contributed to BNSF’s decision to investigate or ...