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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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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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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A CSX Transportation employee was seriously injured after a train accident at a Lake Township, Ohio railyard on April 1. The railroad worker was switching railcars on a track in CSX’s Stanley Yard when he was hit by a rolling railcar on the adjacent track. It is unclear at this time whether the worker was […]

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Repetitive motion disorders can be a troubling injury for many railroad workers. A FELA lawsuit was recently filed by a diesel mechanic and former Norfolk Southern Railway employee after he experienced back and spine injuries as a result of his working conditions.
The man, Denny Cambron, claims that Norfolk Southern Railway violated FELA regulations by failing […]

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