FELA Lawsuit

On January 4, 2008, two Norfolk Southern trains traveling westbound collided about three miles west of Blairsville in Indiana County, Pennsylvania injuring one railroad employee. The trains involved in the accident were hauling mixed freight and coal.
Rudy Husband, a spokesman Norfolk, said the crash caused the Pittsburgh Line to be closed that afternoon while the […]

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The body of an Illinois railroad worker was found with a partially overturned railcar along the Burlington Northern Railroad in Yorkville, Illinois on December 28, 2007. Police were called to the scene of the accident around 10 a.m. Friday morning.
“How the employee was injured and whether the derailed car was involved is unknown,” says Steve […]

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On Tuesday, January 2, 2008, a Burlington Northern conductor fell off a train in Fort Worth, Texas, suffering severe head injury. The accident occurred while the train was crossing the trestle above the Trinity River, just after leaving the downtown rail yard. After the unidentified conductor fell, the train’s engineer stopped the train and used […]

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Union Pacific and BNSF railroads have begun using remote control technology on locomotives to move trains and freight. Using a radio control box that transmits a signal up to a mile and a half, trains may be moved along the tracks without an engineer. The practice reduces the number of railroad workers and cuts costs […]

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Cecil Lee Petree, a railroad worker, has filed at Federal Employer’s Liability Act lawsuit against his employer after Union Pacific failed to provide him a safe place to work, leading to his injuries. The Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA) was created to protect the rights of railroad workers in the event that their employer’s negligence […]

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