A crash between two commuter trains in the Boston area just as cell phones became common illustrated how reckless speeding and distraction would not be problems confined to the nation’s highways. As summarized by the New York Times, a National Transportation Safety Board investigation determined that the operator who caused the deadly train crash in…
On-the-job exposures to toxic fumes and chemicals create long-term, often deadly, disease risks for employees of Amtrak, CSX, Norfolk Southern and every other railroad corporation. In fact, a 2008 review of medical research up until that point concluded that “occupational studies of railroad workers, heavy equipment operators and truck drivers have demonstrated a significantly higher-than-normal…
Since the early 1980s, we have handled hundreds of injury and occupational illness claims from railroad employees and contractors.
A case out of Montana strongly affirms railroad employees’ rights to secure compensation and damages for on-the-job injuries under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) and for wrongful termination under the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA).
At Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp, our railroad accident and injury lawyers protect railroad workers diagnosed with mesothelioma or asbestos-related lung cancer.