FELA Lawsuit

In March of this year, a jury in
Bridgeport, Connecticut awarded plaintiff Robert Ard, Jr. $4.3 million in damages for injuries sustained while working for Metro-North Railroad.  The injuries Mr. Ard suffered lead to his untimely death, as he was only 46 years old.  The damages will go to his estate.
 
Ard was crushed during a car-switching […]

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It seems that the Madison County Record, based on basic Internet searches, is the nation’s leader in reporting FELA issues.  Yet again, the paper has published a story that details another claim that’s being filed against a railroad, and this time the defendant is Union Pacific.   
Bernard Brown, an employee of the railroad, filed suit […]

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A Texas man has filed suit against Railserve Inc., Rescar Inc. and Huntsman Petrochemical Corp. after his leg was severed when a rail car rolled over him while he was working at a refinery.  Perry Ashworth is the man bringing suit, and the amount of damages he is seeking was not disclosed in the article that […]

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FELA has traditionally been used as a protective force for those who were injured while working on railroads.  That scope expanded a bit to include asbestos-related diseases, whose source can usually be directly linked to the work environment.  The Madison County Record recently reported a story, however, that could take the reach of FELA a […]

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Yet another FELA suit was filed in Illinois recently, and once again, the story was reported by the Madison County Record, a newspaper that seems to devote a lot of time and resources to reporting such claims.  This story details the plight of Tony Matlock, who suffered a knee injury while performing his duties for […]

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