What Happened Our Virginia railroad injury client was working as a train conductor when he fell while boarding a rail car and suffered a disabling back injury. Extensive surgical repairs and physical therapy did not allow him to return to his well-paid career. The work-related fall happened when the conductor grabbed a ladder handhold and…
What Happened Our Virginia-based railroad injury law firm’s client suffered disabling back injuries when he fell while exiting a locomotive at night. The train conductor missed a step due to a burnt-out step light. Repairing the damage to the conductor’s spine required surgery, but his doctors subsequently declared him permanently disabled. The worksite fall and…
What Happened Our Virginia railroad injury client had worked as a locomotive engineer for 25 years when, in July 2001, he suffered disabling knee and shoulder injuries in a fall from the vertical stairwell on a train engine. He fell because one of the handholds broke loose. The engineer damaged his left shoulder when his…
What Happened Two children who were younger than 5 years old suffered serious injuries when the car in which they were riding got hit by a Norfolk Southern freight train. The crash happened at a railroad crossing in Prince William County, Virginia (VA), that was on privately owned land and which was not controlled by…
What Happened Our client had worked for Norfolk Southern in Tennessee for more than 20 years. He injured his back while trying to realign a slewed drawhead, His intent was to protect other crew members from getting hurt while trying to couple a rail car. Our client and another member of his crew confirmed that…