A rural Illinois jury has ruled that a worker should receive nearly $1.8 million from BNSF Railway Co. for cumulative injuries sustained over his career. The verdict came down in Hancock County, a lightly populated area across the Mississippi River from Keokuk, Iowa. Jurors determined George Mitchell, who sued under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, was due more than $1 million in lost earnings. Mitchell alleged "excessive vibrations, awkward postures, forceful work, repetitive motions and other risk factors" caused ongoing spinal issues. The jury also found hundreds of thousands of dollars in emotional distress, past and future disability and pain and suffering. Only $41,000 of the $1,779,000 award was for past and future medical expenses.
A Norfolk Southern railroad employee was injured Friday when two westbound trains collided on a rural stretch of track between Bolivar in Westmoreland County and Blairsville in Indiana County. Norfolk Southern spokesman Rudy Husband said the collision at 12:50 p.m. forced the last car of the first train to go off the track, closing the Pittsburgh Line during the afternoon while the track could be cleared.
CSX Transportation Inc. must pay a former yard conductor almost $1.2 million for a career-ending knee injury he suffered while trying to throw a switch at the Locust Point yard three years ago, a jury decided. After four days of trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court and seven hours of deliberation that lasted into the night, the jury found the railroad negligently failed to keep Clifton E. Eubanks' workplace safe.
...S. C. §51 et seq. FELA renders railroads liable for employees' injuries or deaths "resultin... or contributed to aplaintiff employee's injury if the railroad's negligenceplayed any part in... in thedeath or maiming of thousands of workers every year,"Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Gotts...
A railroad worker who suffered a crippling ankle injury when he tripped on a crosstie has been awarded $4.5 million, one of the largest personal injury verdicts in recent Roanoke history. Following a weeklong trial in Roanoke Circuit Court, a jury on Friday ordered Norfolk Southern Corp. to pay the amount to Welsh Davis, a former conductor and brakeman for the railroad.
FRA is issuing to remind each railroad bridge worker, railroad, and contractor or subcontractor to a railroad of the dangers posed by walking on unsecured sections of walkway and platform gratings, especially without fall protection. This safety advisory contains various recommendations to the employers of bridge workers to ensure that this issue is addressed by appropriate policies, procedures, and employee compliance.
... railroad bridges, one sustaining a fatal injury. In 2008, another worker fell under similar circum...
A railroad conductor who was injured on the job will get about $1.2 million as the result of a jury award against his employer, Wisconsin Central/Canadian National Railroad, the man's lawyer says. James Kroon, 41, of Neshkoro was injured July 3, 2003, while working as a conductor for the railroad, said his lawyer, Randal LeNeave of Minneapolis.
Federal law governing the transportation of hazardous materials preempts the personal injury claims of a worker who was severely burned while unloading sulfuric acid from a railroad car, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment. The plaintiff worked for a paper manufacturer that uses large amounts of sulfuric acid in the production process. He suffered severe burns when sulfuric acid sprayed from a tank car he had been assigned to unload.
The 13 Lindner originals on the album are steeped in curious Vermont lore. There's the unsolved murder of farmer Orville Gibson, who was discovered trussed up like a chicken in the Connecticut River in 1957, as well as the strange tale of Phineas Gage, a railroad worker who survived a dramatic head injury that completely changed his personality and inadvertently helped generations of brain surgeons. Another of Linder's story-songs concerns the catastrophic and spooky burning of the steamboat Phoenix in the fall of 1819.
Although the case was closer than expected, attorneys who represent railroad workers are applauding the Supreme Court's ruling last week that applied a relaxed causation standard to injury claims under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. In a 5-4 ruling in which Justice Clarence Thomas was the unusual swing vote, the Court held in CSX Transportation, Inc. v. McBride that an injured railroad worker needs to prove only that the railroad's negligence played a part - no matter how small - in his injury, rather than the stricter common-law "proximate cause" standard.
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