Opinion ID: 1598843
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Heading: chapman's amended petition

Text: Division I: Federal Employers' Liability Act. In Division I of Chapman's amended petition, under the heading Federal Employers' Liability Act, Chapman alleged that at the time of the accident, he was a Union Pacific employee in the interstate operation of a motor vehicle supplied by Union Pacific, which was then engaged in the business of interstate commerce and interstate transportation as a common carrier by railroad. Chapman drove the railroad's vehicle from Omaha, Nebraska, to Council Bluffs, Iowa. When Chapman stopped Union Pacific's vehicle at a stop sign in Council Bluffs, an automobile, apparently driven by an uninsured motorist, struck the rear end of the Union Pacific vehicle. According to Chapman's amended petition, Union Pacific was negligent by: (a) Failing to provide Plaintiff with a vehicle equipped with headrests. (b) Failure to provide Plaintiff with vehicle with both seatbelts and shoulder harness. (c) Failure to comply with Iowa uninsured/under insured requirements.... (e) Failure to inform Plaintiff that he was not covered by any type of uninsured or underinsured coverage. Chapman concluded that Union Pacific's negligence was a violation of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51 et seq. (1988). Division II: Negligence. In Division II of his amended petition, under the heading Negligence, Chapman, by reference, incorporated and reasserted all allegations contained in Division I. Chapman then alleged that Union Pacific failed to notify him that he was not covered by an automobile insurance policy which contained uninsured or underinsured coverage and failed to notify Chapman that he should acquire proper automobile insurance, since Union Pacific, a self-insurer, see Neb.Rev.Stat. § 60-562 (Reissue 1988), did not provide uninsured/underinsured motorist protection on its vehicles. Those omissions, Chapman alleged, constituted negligence which resulted in Chapman's damages from the vehicular accident described in Division I of the amended petition.