The serious health risks associated with inhaling asbestos fibers have been documented in medical and scientific publications. Workers who breath in these toxic asbestos fibers are at risk of developing an incurable form of cancer known as mesothelioma. This is a type of cancer that infiltrates the lining of the lung or a individual’s abdomen….
Poor maintenance and avoidable errors by engineers and conductors are leading reasons that trains hit passenger vehicles at railroad crossings.
If you have inhaled chemicals, smoke or fumes due to an explosion, collision or crash involving a railroad locomotive, and suffer from a disease or breathing disorder because of it, check out this article. Permanent injuries, breathing disorders or diseases resulting from explosions, derailments or crashes and the chemicals, fumes and smoke accompanying them, are often violations of the Locomotive Inspection Act, and as such may be remedied by evidence from your medical doctor and a good, experienced attorney versed in railroad regulations and railroad law.
The question of where a railroad worker suffered harmful exposures to asbestos on the job always comes up in cases concerning mesothelioma and other lung diseases. My colleagues and I never fail to hear this from clients, who honestly want to know. We also hear it from opposing attorneys defending railroad corporations who want to…
Our law firm regularly takes on Amtrak and other passenger railroads with regard to claims where people got hurt because of negligence by the people running the trains, it is critical that you keep all important information and documents to show what happened.