RESULTS: $375,000 (confidential terms) COURT: A Circuit Court (confidential) DATE: September 2022 ATTORNEYS: Richard N. Shapiro STAFF: Paula S. WHAT HAPPENED: Our railroad worker client was 63 years old when he was diagnosed with a blood cancer. He had retired from work as a railroad machinist and railroad hostler and had worked for…
RESULTS: $400,000 (confidential terms) COURT: Court location confidential DATE: Fall, 2022 ATTORNEYS: Richard N. Shapiro STAFF: Paula S. WHAT HAPPENED: Our client was a 57-year-old railroad worker who was a foreman at a railroad yard. There was a particular piece of equipment (confidential) that was not working correctly and which had been written up…
What Happened A CSX locomotive engineer suffered physical and brain injuries when debris from an engine valve that exploded without warning hit him in the head. He received emergency medical treatment for a massive contusion and later went back to the doctor complaining of headaches, mental confusion, difficulty remembering details and problems with performing normal…
What Happened Our railroad injury client was working as a locomotive engineer for a freight railroad when he injured his shoulder while moving an extremely heavy metal panel on the outside of a train car. That injury, which was later diagnosed as a torn ligament called the glenoid labrum, was exacerbated by a later crash…
What Happened Our railroad occupational disease law firm client worked for a major freight rail company from 1965 to 2002. His job as a brakeman and conductor required him to spend most of his time at work inside the cabs of diesel locomotives. Exposure to diesel fumes, especially in small spaces, is associated with the…