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$350,000 Settlement for Railroad Worker Blood Cancer/Wrongful Death

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…

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$400,000 Settlement for Railroad Worker Who Suffered Back Injury

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…

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