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0737 It was unforeseeable that a railroad employee with no history of heart trouble would have a heart attack as the result of a strenuous job assignment, and, since foreseeability of the injury is an essential element of negligence liability under the FELA, the employer railroad is not liable for damage resulting from the employee's heart attack.CitationALBERT v SO PAC (Unexpected Heart Attack) 30 CA4 529 [See: 45 USC 51; Gallick v B&O 372 US 108; Robert v Consolidated 832 F2 3; Morrison v Ill Cent 387 So2 754; Thompson v Tippit 300 SW2 351; Creamer v Ogden 242 P2 575]
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