FELA Lawsuit

Nathan Musgraves, a Union Pacific worker, has recently filed a Federal Employer’s Liability Act lawsuit against his employer after claiming to have suffered injuries when a door struck him in the back.
Working as a tie plug operator for Union Pacific’s Maintenance of Way Engineering Department, Musgraves states that he had been recently transferred to the […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]

BNSF Railway Company faces a Federal Employer’s Liability Act lawsuit after a former employee claims to have been exposed to unsafe working conditions throughout his career with the railroad.
James Moss, the longtime BNSF engineer, claims that he suffered serious injuries to his hands, fingers, elbows, and wrists during his time at BNSF. He states that […]

[Read more →]

A conductor employed by CSX Transportation Inc. has filed a lawsuit against his employer, claiming it failed to provide him a safe working environment. Aaron E. Richards, the plaintiff, alleged that he suffered injuries when a goose jumped out at him from under a railcar, causing him to fall. He claims that CSX had known […]

[Read more →]