FELA Lawsuit

A FELA lawsuit has been filed against Timothy Dobler. One of Dobler’s employees, Eugenia Johnson-Jones claims that while she was attempting to drop off crew members, the Alton & Southern vehicle she was operating was struck by Dobler.
Johnson-Jones claims that Dobler failed to control his vehicle, was driving at excessive speeds, and failed to yield the […]

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Approximately 42,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide, commonly known as lye, were dumped into a prized trout stream when 31 railroad cars derailed near the town of Gardeau in northwestern Pennsylvania on June 30, 2006. Prosecutors have said that the train’s engineer was under the influence of drugs and may have fallen asleep. The train derailed […]

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A man was injured at the Port of Beaumont November 12, 2007 at approximately 8:00a.m. when a railroad track slid off of a forklift and landed on his right foot. The heel and soft tissue on the bottom of the employee’s foot was partially amputated, according to Beaumont Fire Department District Chief David Hooks. Although […]

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On October 9, 2007, Greg Mechling brought suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act against his employer CSX Transportation, Inc. for injuries he sustained in the course and scope of his employment.
Mechling claims he was required to work with unsafe, heavy, awkward, vibrating, and torquing equipment during his tenure […]

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Perry Ashworth’s leg was severed when a rail car he was working on rolled over him. He is suing his employer Railserve Inc., Rescar Inc. and Huntsman Petrochemical Corp. According to Ashworth, he set the rail car’s manual break but it did not work, leaving the car to roll over his leg.
Ashworth is utilizing the Federal […]

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