A railroad worker from Thayer, Missouri (MO), was recently awarded a $2.3 million dollar settlement after suing the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. Thomas Joe Carney was injured in August 2005 while working as a railroad engineer. He was operating a train when it ran over rough track on roadbed that, Carney claimed, had experienced a…
In one of two recent large whistleblower decisions in favor of injured railroad employees, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Norfolk Southern to pay a total of $122,199 to a worker who was repeatedly hurt while doing maintenance on tracks owned by the company. According to an August 12, 2011, report on…
“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” As a pilot as well as a Virginia personal injury attorney, I know that Leonardo da Vinci quote has a ring of truth. For a…
The West Virginia Police reported that a college student died in a t-bone collision with a dump truck outside of Elkins at the intersection of Route 33 and 151.
The 2011 July 4th weekend brought tragedy to Virginia’s roads in central Virginia, according to the News & Advance. Two siblings from Lynchburg, VA died in a head-on collision on US 460 in Prince Edward County, VA right before 3 am on Sunday. According to the Virginia State Police, the brother, age 21, and sister,…