FELA Lawsuit

In March of this year, a jury in
Bridgeport, Connecticut awarded plaintiff Robert Ard, Jr. $4.3 million in damages for injuries sustained while working for Metro-North Railroad.  The injuries Mr. Ard suffered lead to his untimely death, as he was only 46 years old.  The damages will go to his estate.
 
Ard was crushed during a car-switching […]

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There has always been a question, in almost every injury/negligence case, what form of contributory/comparative negligence should be applied to a given situation.  The concept of these theories is, in general, that if the plaintiff in an injury lawsuit is at least partially responsible for the injuries he, she or they suffered, then the damages […]

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Another lawsuit has been filed in Madison County District Court, and this time the defendant is CSX, according to an article published recently in the Madison County Record.  Russell Aper filed the claim on July 3rd, and the basic premise of his claim is that CSX did not provide him with a safe working environment.  […]

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Unless you work or have something to do with a railroad, you may have never heard of FELA, which stands for Federal Employers Liability Act.  It was passed nearly 100 years ago, in 1908, by Congress, and it’s stood the test of time since then.  The law has been an important one for railroad workers […]

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It seems that the Madison County Record, based on basic Internet searches, is the nation’s leader in reporting FELA issues.  Yet again, the paper has published a story that details another claim that’s being filed against a railroad, and this time the defendant is Union Pacific.   
Bernard Brown, an employee of the railroad, filed suit […]

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