In an unusual negligence case where a railroad employee who was injured while working in Canada sued his employer in Indiana for common-law negligence based on the standard of care established by a federal statute, a U.S. District Court judge erred in dismissing the lawsuit as pre-empted by federal law. Unfortunately for the plaintiff, though, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed based on waiver. Ward v. Soo Line R.R. Co., 2018 U.S. App. Lexis 24222 (Aug. 27, 2018).Ronald Ward, who lived in the United States …