When you or a loved one gets seriously injured or even killed at a railroad crossing in Virginia (VA) or North Carolina (NC), it may be the result of cost cutting decisions made at the corporate headquarters of Norfolk Southern in Norfolk, Virginia or at the Jacksonville, Florida headquarters of CSX Transportation. John C. gives…
In a December 2008 edition of the Norfolk, Virginia (VA) based paper, The Virginian Pilot, the business section reported that Norfolk Southern Railroad (NS) was cutting costs by reducing the number of workers and other measures aimed to keep corporate profits and stock prices high.
The new strategy for railroads in railroad worker personal injury cases
(FELA cases), is to try to reduce the sums juries are requiring them to
pay by filing legal motions that ask judges to give them a “setoff” or
“credit” for the amount of money the railroad has paid to the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) for the employer’s portion of RRB Tier II
benefits (paid in the past by the railroad to the RRB).
The Railroad worker suffered a shoulder injury attempting to lift a gas cylinder. The cylinder slipped during the lift and the Railroad worker suffered an injury to his shoulder attempting to regain control of the cylinder. For more on this verdict, click here.
According to an article in the Minneapolis StarTribune, two freight trains collided near the Interstate 90 exit, north of Lock and Dam No. 7 in Dresbach, Minnesota (MN). Approximately 40 cars were involved, spilling liquid nitrogen, and sending one locomotive into the Mississippi River.