FELA Lawsuit

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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An employee of the Kansas City Southern Railway is suing the railroad after suffering injuries on the job. The man, Richard Beaver, claims to have suffered serious injuries atfter a train derailed last year.
Beaver claims that while working on a Kansas City Southern Railway train, Kinder Morgan Petcoke, L.P. negligently caused the train to derail. This, […]

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Illinois Central Railroad is facing a Federal Employer’s Liability Act lawsuit after a former employee claims he suffered injuries to his wrist and shoulder.
Donald Grammer, who has worked as a brakeman and switchman for a variety of railroads since 1964, claims to have suffered injuries as a result of repetitive occupational trauma.
Grammer claims to have suffered excessive trauma to his wrists […]

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 A former employee of Union Pacific has filed a lawsuit against them recently, claiming that his employer failed to provide him with a safe working environment. Billy Surratt claims that his time as a trackman required him to perform damaging repetitive motions, which caused him injuries over time. He claims injuries in his back, knees, […]

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Canadian National and Illinois Central Railroad are facing a FELA lawsuit filed by a former employee. John O. Baine, a former engineer, claims to have suffered injuries to his neck, legs, and back as a result of his many years of employment with the railroad and the engine vibration that he was exposed to during […]

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