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- Norfolk Southern Required to Pay Multi-Million Dollar Penalty for Accident Releasing Toxic Chlorine Gas
- Teens' Deaths Raise Questions Over Controlling Pedestrian Access to Train Tracks
- Fatal Commuter Train Crash in Belgium Apparently Due to Missing Automatic Braking System
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Firm News
- FRA and NTSB Cite Fatigue as Contributing to Railroad Accidents
Posted on 3/11/2010 - Attorney Discusses Legal Tactics Railroad Companies May Take in Court
Posted on 3/9/2010 - Attorney Takes CSX to Task Over Forcing Woman to Crawl Under Trains
Posted on 2/18/2010 - Attorney Discusses Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
Posted on 2/2/2010 - Attorney Examines the Battle between Amtrak and Railroad Worker Unions
Posted on 1/20/2010
Library
Railroad Injury/FELA
- Railroad Worker Mesothelioma/Cancers: Learn Where the Toxic Asbestos Was and When the Rail Companies Knew It Was a Problem
- CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Other Rail Companies Looking at “Greener” Engines, but Appear to Neglect Health of Rail Workers.
- Here are some results from our railroad injury and FELA cases. After you've reviewed them, give our firm a call at 1-800-752-0042 for a free case analysis.
Don't be fooled into thinking the railroad claims agent is looking out for you after a railroad accident or with regard to a disease claim like asbestosis or mesothelioma cancer. This page is focused on providing relevant information regarding railroad injuries/diseases and FELA law to you. Also check out our free consumer reports for railroad workers and view our videos on railroad law issues.
If you are reading this, you may have been hurt, or your spouse may have been killed or injured by a railroad's negligence. We want to be a resource and help you in your time of need, and this includes not only accidents, but with regard to occupational disease claims, including railroad asbestos claims and mesothelioma and cancer claims. Our attorneys are available 24 hours a day, if you were hurt in a train wreck or railroad work accident.
After you've had a chance to review this page, please take a moment to review our in-depth library articles on railroad injuries and FELA claims,asbestos, mesothelioma, and rail worker accident injury video library, and results of railroad injury/FELA cases our firm has handled. Our law firm also hosts a site dedicated exclusively to railroad accident and FELA law.
If you're curious to know what types of cases we've handled, our lawyers are seasoned in these, and many other facets of railroad injury law:
Railroad worker injuries
Railroad crossing crashes
Occupational disorders
Diseases such as lung, hearing or repetitive stress injuries
Asbestos and mesothelioma
Train/railroad derailments and wrecks
Amtrak passenger train injuries
Railroad toxic chemical spills
Wrongful death
It has been our privilege to represent trainmen, brakeman/conductors, engineers, carmen, signalmen, machinists, maintenance-of-way-workers, victims of railroad derailments and crossing collisions, as well as their families and friends on railroad cases or even injury cases unrelated to the rail industry. As a result of our efforts, our firm is well known to thousands of railroad workers throughout the eastern region of the United States.
Our railroad accident law firm has collected and indexed over 1,000 depositions in railroad and similar injury cases, hundreds of specific research files, as well as numerous railroad manuals and videos relating specifically to railroad safety and injury issues. Our attorneys have handled railroad injury litigation in nearly every eastern state in the USA. We've also written two in-depth, special reports on FELA rights for railroad workers and the secrets employed by railroad claim agents.
Richard N. Shapiro, one of our attorneys, is the co-author of “Railroad Health & Safety- A Litigator’s Guide,” one of leading treatises on railroad injury law, found in the nation’s law libraries (72 Am. Jur. Trials 1) and Richard has been named to the "Best Lawyers In America" 2010 publication (Railroad Law). Also, Rick and John Cooper have both served as officers and the Chairs of the American Association for Justice Railroad Section, a group of some of the nation’s best FELA and railroad crossing accident attorneys. Randy Appleton has over 25 years of railroad injury litigation experience, including trials in numerous states.
Our staff includes attorneys that have been selected by the BLET and by the TCU/TCIU as designated legal counsel, and our lawyer's are well known authorities in the field of railroad FELA and railroad crossing law.
We have a team of investigators who provide valuable assistance in our clients' railroad injury, derailment and crossing cases. They bring years of rail experience to the table. All of our investigators were previously employed in the railroad industry, and as a result, they know how to find crucial information and key witnesses in a railroad cases. Our legal investigators worked for decades as conductors and engineers in Norfolk Southern (NS) CSXT, so they are able to relate with our railroad clients and understand the specialized workings of the rail industry.
We are committed to railroad workers and this includes a charitable commitment: we donate a percentage of every railroad worker injury case settlement to a worthy charity called the Fallen Brother Fund-which provides monetary assistance to the family of any railroader killed on the job
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Our firm has also been proud to help families harmed by railroad companies' neglect and wrongdoing at grade crossings in Virginia, and beyond. If your loved one, father, mother,son, daughter, husband,or wife has been killed in a car or truck hit by a train, you should talk to us to hold the railroad responsible for bad corporate decisions to skimp on safety for motorists crossing the tracks.
Often, our investigation shows that the business which owns the rail right of way fails to clear the brush or sight obstructions to avoid collisions and the serious damage they cause. Many times the signs are not kept up, the train whistles are not used as required or the surface of the road poses a danger. Tragically, when pedestrians die on the tracks it is frequently a child who does not fully realize the risks of a train trestle or rail yard and the company has done nothing to try and prevent a disaster while knowing kids and others often walk the tracks.
Rail crossings are a huge safety problem in the city and out in the country, on private drives and public crossings, when used hourly by big freight carriers and traversed only daily by short line railways. If a serious injury happens, we hope you call us at 1-800-752-0042 to see if we can help explain your rights and try to get a maximum recovery for you from the at-fault parties and their insurance companies.
Blog for Railroad Injury/FELA
- Norfolk Southern Required to Pay Multi-Million Dollar Penalty for Accident Releasing Toxic Chlorine Gas
- Teens' Deaths Raise Questions Over Controlling Pedestrian Access to Train Tracks
- Fatal Commuter Train Crash in Belgium Apparently Due to Missing Automatic Braking System
- Amtrak Train Damaged, Delayed After Hitting Dump Truck in Northern Virginia (VA)
- Amtrak Train Headed to Florida Partially Derails in Fairfax County, Virginia
- New FELA Claims Filed Against Norfolk Southern in West Virginia (WV)
- Federal Regulators Propose Putting Cameras in Locomotive Cabs
- Ongoing Track Maintenance and Improvements Are Needed to Prevent Derailments
- Sunken Train Tracks Pose Serious Dangers
- Rail Operators Must Clear Visual Obstructions Around Highway Crossings
- Rail Gates Must Be Respected, California (CA) Accident Shows
- North Carolina mother, child die in collision with Amtrak train on tracks maintained by Norfolk Southern
- Jury Awards $17 Million Verdict to Two Men Battling Mesothelioma Cancer due to Asbestos Exposure
- Keeping Pedestrians Off Tracks Must Be Considered When Designing Railroad Crossings
- Survey Reveals Americans Concerned about Toxic Chemicals like Asbestos, Rail Workers Should be Worried
- Project to Increase Norfolk Southern Tunnel Height a Study in Safety
- Debating Locomotive Engine Video Cameras: Review of Safety, Discipline and Their Use
- Rail Companies More Concerned About Profit than Safety
- Court Ruling Supports Mounting Evidence that Work-Related Tasks Lead to Serious Injury
- Common Results of Railroading Careers: Hip Replacements and Other Joint Surgeries
- Occupational Exposure to Diesel Fumes Connected to Bladder Cancer
- CSX train derails between Richmond and Williamsburg
- Improving Rail Crossing Safety Requires Industry, public Perspectives
- Explanation of a FELA/Railroad Injury Law And Its Impact on Work Related Motor Vehicle Injuries and Accidents
- What Price Is Too Much to Pay for Railroad Safety?
- West Virginia Man Dead After Being Hit by CSX Train
- Asbestos Exposure and Mesothelioma Cancer in the Workplace: A Prime Example of why Neglect Winds Up Costing the Medical System & Human Lives
- Rail Crossing Safety Must Be a Priority for Train Operators
- Mestotheliona Suit Limits Leave Victims Without Protections
- Studies Show Diesel Exhaust Connected to Bladder Cancer
- Two Women Killed in Train Accident Involving Norfolk Southern Train
- Clayton, North Carolina Man Killed by Train
- Operator Error Causes Injuries on Commuter Train Accident
- Union Pacific Conductor Says Toxic Exposures Led to Pancreatic Cancer
- Information about Railroad Worker Cancers and Mesothelioma Caused by Asbestos in the Railroad Workplace
- Are Railroad Workers Contracting A Variety of Cancers From Past Exposure to Radioactive Cargo on Railroads?
- Railroad Companies Need To Reduce Employee Exposure to Diesel Exhaust Fumes
- Mecklenburg County Man Hit By Train
- Railroad Workers at Higher Risk for Lung Cancer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Other Lung-Related Ailments
- Focus on Deadly Train Accidents Highlights Crossing Dangers
- Norfolk Southern Train Hits Building in West Virginia (WV); Four Injured
- DC Metro Worker Caught Sleeping On the Job
- Amtrak Makes New Agreement With the State of Virginia
- Italian Train Derailment Sends Gas Spewing and Causes Explosion
- DC Metro crash cases-Where You File Suit May Matter
- DC Metro Crash-NTSB inspecting Railroad/Train track sensor and control systems
- My Law Partner John Cooper, Who Has Handled Numerous Amtrak and Commuter Train Injury Cases, Makes a Good Point About Keeping Proof that You Were on the Train at the Time of the Recent Crash in a Library Article We Just Posted
- Potential Causes of DC Metro Crash Arising-Signals and Operator Combined?
- Metro Railroad Trains Collide Outside Washington, D.C.--At Least Six Dead, 60 Injured
- Railroad/FELA Injury Lawyers Use Safety Regulations Against Railroads, Including radio/dispatching regulations-This helps prove responsibility on railoads
- Locomotive Inspection Act Regulation Violations Involving Diesel Fumes or Toxic Exhaust Fumes, Including Asbestos Insulation
- New Railroad Tactic Seeks to Reduce Railroad Worker Injury Verdicts, By Claiming RRB system "setoff"-Firm wins victory for Worker
- New Railroad Health Study Links COPD Deaths to Prolonged Diesel Fume Exposure
- Impact of Safety Appliance Act Regulations on Railroad Worker Injury Cases under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA)-What You Need to Know Can and Will Help Your Case!
- Man’s Severed Body Found on Train Tracks in Norfolk
- West Virginia (WV) Supreme Court Reinstates Railroad Engineer’s Mesothelioma Wrongful Death Suit, Ruling Railroad’s Release Of Claims Was Void
- Railroad Worker Deaths Increase in 2008, According to Federal Railroad Administration Statistics
- CSX Conductor Falls on Ballast – F.E.L.A. Claim
- Why Waiting Too Long To Hire A Railroad Injury Attorney Can Kill Your Case: The Top Five Reasons
- 48 Millon Dollar FELA Quadriplegia Verdict Upheld By Trial Judge
- Top Ten Maintenance of Way Injuries for 2008
- Our Firm Just Added Great Library and News Items in Our Railroad Section About Railroad Company Cost Cutting and Safety
- How Railroads Try To Pay Workers Less on Railroad Case Verdicts by Claiming an Offset for Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) Disability Benefits
- Railroad Employee Recovers Confidential Sum for Injuries Suffered in a Lifting Injury
- Two Canadian-Pacific Trains Collide in SE Minnesota
- Fatal Wayne County, WV, Van and Train Wreck Remains A Mystery
- Railroad Industry Standards-From the Folks that Developed the Geneva Conventions!
- 2 Million Dollar FELA Verdict For Railroad Engineer Against CSX: Suit Alleged Improperly Mounted Seats/Seatbacks and Repetitive Rough Couplings
- Verdict Against CSX Railroad for West Virginia Engineer Suffering Lung Disease from Toxic, Hazardous Fumes
- Railroad Accidents/FELA/Railroad Crossings-Personal Injury Lawyers Discuss applicable law at railroad crossings
- Cold Weather Not Friendly To Workers Handling Railroad Track Switches and Derails-Avoiding Personal Injuries
- Private Railroad Crossing Safety: Reasonable Warnings Required By State Law
- Rail Safety Legislation Passes Both House & Senate– First Major Rail Safety Legislation Since 1974
- Asbestos Causes Mesothelioma Cancer in Railroad Workers
- Railroads Must Protect Bridges and Ditches with Better Markings For Night-time Work
- Feds Ban Cell Phone Use By Railroad Engine/Locomotive Crews
- Los Angeles Deadly Train/Rail Crash Underscores Need for Positive Train Control/Stop Systems, and Cell Phone Regulations
- Railroad Workers Have Rights to settle with, or sue, their Employers, Unlike Most US Workers
- Injury attorney, John Cooper, added an article about Virginia (VA) railroad/highway grade crossing accidents.
- More Injury Claims Likely With Increased Ridership on Amtrak
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Library for Railroad Injury/FELA:
- Railroad Worker Mesothelioma/Cancers: Learn Where the Toxic Asbestos Was and When the Rail Companies Knew It Was a Problem
Description: It's been known for decades that exposure to asbestos helped cause mesothelioma cancer and other terrible illnesses. Railroad workers who spent their lives working for Norfolk Southern, CSX, C&O, Conrail, etc. are now suffering because they were exposed to asbestos on a regular basis. If you're one of these rail employees and are currently struggling with mesothelioma or some other type of cancer, please call our firm so you can speak to a real attorney for free. Our number is 1-800-752-0042. - CSX, Norfolk Southern, and Other Rail Companies Looking at “Greener” Engines, but Appear to Neglect Health of Rail Workers.
Description: NS, CSX, and other rail companies need to keep their focus on employee safety when upgrading and advancing their locomotive technology. - Here are some results from our railroad injury and FELA cases. After you've reviewed them, give our firm a call at 1-800-752-0042 for a free case analysis.
Description: This page features results of cases our law firm has handled. - Work-related tasks can lead to repetitive stress and cumulative trauma injuries. If you've suffered either of these injuries, please consider giving our law firm a call for a free case analysis at 1-800-752-0042.
Description: If you're looking for information about repetitive stress and cumulative trauma injuries, then this is a good article to peruse. For example, 65 percent of cumulative trauma injuries affect the back. - Charlie Cunningham, former Norfolk railroad engineer and firm legal investigator, 1930-2009
Description: Charlie Cunningham was a great employee and an incredible human being. He will be missed. - Welders on railroads have contracted permanent lung diseases, cancers or permanent neurological and memory disorders due to long term inhalation of the harmful particulates in welding fumes.
Description: Welders on railroads have contracted permanent lung diseases, cancers or permanent neurological and memory disorders due to long term inhalation of the harmful particulates in welding fumes.
These types of cases require careful investigation and it requires our law firm to engage some of the top experts in the fields involved in order to determine whether a particular cancer or disease was caused by the harmful toxic welding fume exposure in question. - CHessie (became part of CSX) Railroad medical doctor in 1970's writes colleagues suggesting asbestos be removed from engines and other railroad products, and discuss mesothelioma cancer to worker
Description: CHessie (became part of CSX) Railroad medical doctor in 1970's writes colleagues suggesting asbestos be removed from engines and other railroad products, and discuss mesothelioma cancer to worker employed by railroad. - Railroad/FELA Injury Lawyers Use Safety Regulations Against Railroads, Including radio/dispatching regulations-This helps prove responsibility on railoads
Description: In railroad injury cases representing workers, our FELA/railroad injury lawyers expend much effort investigating, along with our investigators, whether a railroad complied with pertinent federal or state safety statutes and regulations, that may apply to any circumstances of the client injury. Why? Violations mean the railroad cannot offer the worker’s contributory fault (think rule violations) nor must any “careless” or “negligent” conduct by the railroad be proven. - RAILROAD INJURIES/CROSSING ACCIDENT INJURIES-the applicable law explained by Virginia/Carolina personal injury lawyers
Description: Our Virginia/Carolina based personal injury law firm has a long history of representing personal injury victims in railroad accidents, including derailments, FELA injuries, and accidents that occur at railroad crossings between trains and cars or trucks. Deaths or personal injuries occurring at public or private railroad crossings involve a lot of different overlapping federal, state and local laws and statutes, and some of the unique facets of these cases are discussed. - Two D.C. Metro Trains Collide During Rush Hour, Deaths and Injuries Occurred
Description: According to CNN, two Metro trains collided during rush hour Monday killing four and injuring dozens. Mayor Adrian Fenty said “It is the deadliest crash in the history of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Frequent Questions for Railroad Injury/FELA:
How is the FELA different from, or similar to, workers compensation?
- What does Statute 51 of the FELA actually mean?
- I have already retired from the railroad many years ago, do I still have a potential claim for an asbestos cancer or mesothelioma?
- I was just diagnosed with cancer or mesothelioma. No one ever told me before that it was connected to railroad work I did many years earlier. Can I still bring a railroad injury or disease claim?
- How does anyone prove that the asbestos cancer or mesothelioma arose from exposure at the railroad?
- Is there any cost for your firm to analyze my potential railroad injury case involving cancer or mesothelioma?
- Is there evidence that railroads were using asbestos insulation in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and so forth?
- I was a cigarette smoker for decades, and then was diagnosed with lung cancer or mesothelioma. Does this mean I do or do not have a potential claim?
Case Results for Railroad Injury/FELA:
- Shoulder Injury requiring surgery for Locomotive Engineer
- Locomotive Engineer with Shoulder and Knee Injuries
- Railroad Conductor gets back injury due to fall in ballast depression
- Railroad conductor/back injury-surgery/Safety Appliance act Violations
- Locomotive Engine Fire causes Rail Engineer right arm and wrist surgery
- Rail Conductor receives back injuries as a result of Train-Truck Crossing Collision
- Rail yard injury - rotator cuff surgeries on conductor
- Knee Injuries and Low Back Injuries to Railroad Engineer
- Heavy lifting injury - ticket agent-clerk
- Back and Neck Injuries to Rail Conductor due to Derailment, faulty switch
- Rail Conductor gets Career Ending Injury due to Bad "Drawhead"
- Back Injury to rail conductor operating a "derailler"
- Railroad-Roadway Crossing Accident - Car Passengers Injured
- Railroad Conductor Neck Injury and Surgery from a Motor Vehicle Accident
- Conductor Back Injury-Railroad Engine Stairwell Light Not Working-Regulation Violation Proved
- AMTRAK ENGINEER SETTLES WITH AMTRAK AND CSX OVER DERAILMENT
- Amtrak Worker Slips on Ice in Richmond, Virginia (VA). Two Knee Surgeries.
- Multiple Asbestos-Mesothelioma Cancer Settlements-Railroad companies
- Railroad Employee Recovers Confidential Sum for Injuries Suffered in a Lifting Injury
- West Virginia Supreme Court Reinstates Railroad Engineer’s Mesothelioma Wrongful Death Suit, Ruling Railroad’s Release Of Claims Was Void
- Railroad Conductor/Diesel Fume Asthma/Lung Disease
Awarded: The Jacksonville, Florida State Court jury returned a $978,000.00 verdict in favor of TA against the railroad.
Awarded: Several days before court-ordered mediation, the parties arrived at a settlement of $950,000.00.
Awarded: The case was settled for $900,000
Awarded: The case was settled at mediation for $700,000.00
Awarded: A $650,000.00 jury verdict. (Note: the jury verdict was twenty times larger than what the insurer offered just before trial).
Awarded: $600,000
Awarded: On the morning of trial, the passenger railroad settled with MM for $350,000.00. The case proceeded to jury verdict against the trucking defendant and a $564,000.00 verdict was returned. (Under Virginia law, a credit in favor of the trucking company was then applied, so that MM's gross recovery as to all parties was $564,000.00).
Awarded: $450,000 settlement (Settlement monies will be used by WG and his family to allow him to retrain for a lighter type of job outside the railroad industry)
Awarded: The case was settled during suit for $370,000.00
Awarded: Settled for $367,000.00 before trial.
Awarded: The case settled for $333,000.00.
Awarded: The firm settled the claims against State Farm/driver for $50,000.00 and $29,000.00 and settled the claims against Norfolk Southern for $32,000.00 and $22,000.00. Each settlement was approved under the infant settlement provisions of Virginia law.
Awarded: Confidential Settlement Satisfactory to Client.
Awarded: Confidential Sum
Awarded: Amtrak Engineer Settles His Injury Claims With Trucking company, Amtrak and CSX Arising From Amtrak Derailment
Awarded: Case settled after extensive negotiation with Amtrak about what the claim was worth for approximately $150,000.00.
Videos about Railroad Injury/FELA:
- FELA Railroad Injuries
- Welding Fume Diseases-RR
- FELA Claims
- Rail Investigators Help
- Radiation at Railroads
- Asbestos At Rail-history
- Diesel Fumes at Railroads
- Rail Claim Agents won't..
- Cooper FELA Specialist
- Railroad Claim Agents
- FELA cumulative trauma
- FELA Statute of Limitations
- What Every Railroad Claim Agent Knows, But Will Never Tell You
- F.E.L.A. Claims
- Information About Asbestos and Mesothelioma
Web Resources for Railroad Injury/FELA:
- Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers Blog
Description: This blog is dedicated exclusively to railroad injuries/diseases, train accidents, and FELA claims.
- Yardlimits Railroad Worker Community Forum
Description: This web site is a forum which allows railroad workers to communicate with one another and express their concerns/interests regarding the rail industry.
- Gordon & Elias Law Firm
Description: Excellent railroad/FELA law firm based in Texas handling railroad injury law for railroad workers.
- National Conference of Fireman and Oilers
Description: The official site to the National Conference of Fireman and Oil Workers.
- American Train Dispatchers Department
Description: The American Train Dispatchers Association participates in most of the programs offered through the Union Privilege Benefits Department, AFL-CIO.
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Description: Official Site of the International Brotherhood of Electricl Workers.
- Transport Workers Union
Description: The official site to the Transportation Workers Union.
- United Transportation Union
Description: UTU news online.
- Transportation Communications Union
Description: TCU news online.
- Federal Railroad Administration
Description: A division of the U.S. Department of Transportation the FRA promotes rail transportation and safety.
About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm which focuses exclusively on injury and accident law. We have a proven track record in the court room, and you can review our case results to see for yourself. Our attorneys have deep roots in Virginia and handle cases throughout the commonwealth. Our office is based in Virginia Beach, but we're ready to come to you anywhere in Virginia if you've been seriously hurt by someone else's carelessness.
Rick Shapiro and James Lewis were included among the "Best Lawyers in America" 2010 Edition, named Virginia "Super Lawyers" For Personal Injury Law (2009 Ed., less than 5% of lawyers are chosen), and selected by the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum (2009). In addition, we were the first injury law firm in Virginia to join Primerus, a select group of highly ethical, respected law firms. Our firm has the highest rating of AV from Martindale-Hubbell, a national lawyer ranking organization, which means we have a reputation for preeminent legal skill.
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Railroad Injury/FELA
- Shoulder Injury requiring surgery for Locomotive Engineer
- Locomotive Engineer with Shoulder and Knee Injuries
- Railroad Conductor gets back injury due to fall in ballast depression
- Railroad conductor/back injury-surgery/Safety Appliance act Violations
- Locomotive Engine Fire causes Rail Engineer right arm and wrist surgery
Awarded: The Jacksonville, Florida State Court jury returned a $978,000.00 verdict in favor of TA against the railroad.
Awarded: Several days before court-ordered mediation, the parties arrived at a settlement of $950,000.00.
Awarded: The case was settled for $900,000
Awarded: The case was settled at mediation for $700,000.00
FAQs
Railroad Injury/FELA
- What does Statute 51 of the FELA actually mean?
How is the FELA different from, or similar to, workers compensation?
- I was just diagnosed with cancer or mesothelioma. No one ever told me before that it was connected to railroad work I did many years earlier. Can I still bring a railroad injury or disease claim?