Metro-North Commuter R. Co. v. Buckley, 521 U.S. 424, 33 (1997)

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METRO-NORTH COMMUTER R. CO. v. BUCKLEY

Opinion of Ginsburg, J.

claim for relief and recover for medical monitoring, but he must receive that relief in a form other than a lump sum. Unaccountably, the Court resists the straightforward statement that would enlighten courts in this and similar cases: A claim for medical monitoring is cognizable under the FELA; it is a claim entirely in step with " 'evolving common law.' " See ante, at 440 (citing Gottshall, 512 U. S., at 558 (Souter, J., concurring)). I therefore dissent from the Court's judgment to the extent it relates to medical monitoring.

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