FELA Lawsuit

Greg Mechling, an employee of CSX Transportation, Inc., sued the company for injuries sustained when he was required to work with unsafe, heavy, awkward, vibrating and torquing equipment.  The occupationally caused low back and neck injuries have caused him pain, suffering and mental anguish. 

Mechling is a trackman for CSX. His injuries were initially manifested in […]

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Railroad workers who have been injured on the job do not have the benefits of no-fault worker’s compensation insurance. They are protected by the Federal Employers Liability Act of 1908 (FELA). 
 
Unlike workers’ compensation, FELA does not cover no-fault injuries.  FELA requires the injured worker to prove that the injury was caused by the negligence […]

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  Just this past week, the Madison St. Clair Record reported a story of another railroad worker injured as a result of cumulative trauma and excessive whole body trauma.  Thanks to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), Eddie E. McCandrew, a locomotive engineer for Illinois Central Railroad since 1994, may be able to recover damages […]

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FELA protects railroad workers from damages sustained by almost any injury suffered in the workplace, and not all of these injuries are instantly devastating.  Some can build over time and wind up debilitating an employee.  That point was reinforced by a recent article that appeared in the Madison St. Clair Record, which told the […]

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We live in Texas. My husband works for Union Pacific Railroad. He was injured while the train he was operating was just across the border in Louisiana. Would we need to file the FELA case in Louisiana or Texas? If Louisiana, would you still be able to help me or would I need to find […]

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