FELA Lawsuit

A 62 year old Burlington Northern Railroad worker was injured when his leg became trapped under a locomotive. The man was working in a pit beneath the locomotive at a maintenance facility, when a conveyor belt pinned his leg under a metal plate. The victim was rushed to a hospital. An investigation into the causes […]

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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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Two trains collided at approximately 10:00 a.m. Monday December 17, 2007 in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Rescue workers transported the engineer to Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis, where she is reported to be in critical condition. The conductor was taken to Wesley Medical Center and is reportedly in fair condition.
According to a Kansas Highway Patrol […]

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The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen responded on September 28 to the Federal Railroad Administration’s request for comments on its proposal for new locomotive structural strength standards. The proposal would add the deformation and energy absorption requirements of the revised American Public Transportation Association standards for the front end of cab cars and multiple […]

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According to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the number of train
accidents across America, including collisions and derailments, increased 33
percent from 1994 to 2005, totaling 3,325 in 2005. However, according to a
recent audit conducted by the Department of Transportation’s Inspector
General, the Federal Government investigates only 13 percent of the most
serious railroad crossing collisions. In contrast, the […]

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