What Happened Our Virginia-based railroad injury client was working as an engineer for CSX in South Carolina when he suffered a foot injury severe enough to force him out of his job with the freight rail company. The injury occurred when a middle seat in the work van in which he was riding unexpectedly collapsed…
What Happened The railroad engineer who our Virginia FELA attorney helped suffered a traumatic brain injury when another train collided with his locomotive in another Eastern state. The collision knocked him out of his seat, and he struck his head against the wall of the crew cab. The engineer sought immediate and ongoing treatment for…
What Happened The passenger railroad ticket agent-clerk who would become our Virginia-based railroad injury law firm’s client was working at a train station in Mississippi when he hurt his back while lifting a bag that weighed more than 75 pounds. That exceeded the maximum weight he was expected to lift by himself, and he knew…
What Happened Our client was working as a railroad conductor in the western part of Virginia when he was assigned the task of throwing a track switch called a derail device or derailer. The procedure that the railroad then required employees to follow when operating a derailer placed extreme stress on a worker’s lower back,…
What Happened Our national railroad occupational illness case client had lived in Tennessee and worked as a brakeman/switchman for more than 40 years for CSX Transportation and one of the freight railroads it acquired. Shortly after retiring, the man was diagnosed with lung cancer, which he and his doctors attributed to decades of on-the-job exposures…