FELA Lawsuit

The family of a Charlottesville, VA, man has filed a Federal Employer’s Liability Act lawsuit against his former employer. Edgar Goodman, the man mentioned, had been employed as a signalman for CSX Transportation from 1947 to 1951. During this time, his family claims that he was exposed to large amounts of asbestos fibers that were […]

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Richard Beaver, an employee of the Kansas City Southern Railway, has filed a lawsuit against KCS and Kinder Morgan Petcoke after he was injured from a train derailment that occurred last year.
According to Beaver, he was injured when Kinder Morgan Petcoke “negligently caused the KCS train, rail cars and locomotives….to derail.”
The lawsuit also claims that […]

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Kevin Wengert recently filed a FELA lawsuit against his former employers after alleging that the noise exposure that he endured during his 13 year career with Alton & Southern Railway has caused him serious injuries. The trackman began his railroad career back in 1995 and now claims that the noise pollution has permanently damaged his […]

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Norfolk Southern Railroad is facing a Federal Employer’s Liability Act lawsuit this month as a former conductor complains that he was not given a safe working environment in which to complete his job.
Lynn Whittaker, the conductor, states that he suffered serious injuries in February 2007 while working at the A.O. Smith rail yard. Whittaker claims […]

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A Federal Employer’s Liability Act lawsuit has been filed after a railroad employee claims to have suffered injuries from tripping over a pile of debris. The Kansas City Southern Railway is named as the defendant in the case.
Darrie Londow, the former employee, was working on maintenance work for Kansas City Southern when he tripped on […]

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