According to an article in the Virginian Pilot, a man’s severed body was found on the train tracks at Church Street near Monticello Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia (VA) on Wednesday morning, March 25, 2009. The man’s name is being withheld until relatives can be notified. The tracks are owned by Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS). Roger Chapman,…
West Virginia Supreme Court Reinstates Railroad Engineer’s Mesothelioma Wrongful Death Suit, Ruling Railroad’s Release Of Claims Was Void The West Virginia Supreme Court reversed a summary judgment ruling in favor of Norfolk Southern Railway Co., and reinstated a Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA) mesothelioma wrongful death claim of his widow, Freda Ratliff, in a 5-0…
My colleague Rick Shapiro posted an article discussing the increase in railroad worker death rates in 2008, compared to 2007. The Federal Railroad Administration maintains statistics from all Class One and other short line railroads. The statistics are in for calendar year 2008 and they showed that there were 11,144 railroad accidents/incidents in 2008 for…
My law partner John C. recently wrote an article about a CSX Conductor who fell on ballast. One recent case that I am working on is the F.E.L.A. claim for a CSX conductor who was hurt in Pennsylvania (PA) while walking alongside the train. The loose ballast rock gave way causing my client to fall…
A proposed bill in the Virginia government would extend workers compensation benefits to those injured on the job who do not remember the event and who do not have witnesses to saw the event.