What Happened While working as a railroad brakeman/conductor in the southeastern United States, our client suffered a career-ending back injury after stepping into a depression in the gravel that formed the rail bed. He was performing a physical and visual inspection of the air brakes on his milelong train when he lost his footing and…
What Happened Our Virginia railroad injury client was working for Amtrak as a train attendant in Richmond, VA, when she slipped and fell on an icy walkway. She badly injured her knee and was eventually forced to take a job outside of the railroad injury. The fall happened while our client was on duty. She…
What Happened We resolved a transportation railroad worker’s lung cancer and diesel exhaust cancer claim arising from his employment with a railroad. Many railroads are hiding the truth about the railroad work environment (including the crew cabs of diesel engines, and other workplaces laden with asbestos) by insisting on confidentiality clauses in settlements entered with our…