By William G. Jungbauer | Published July 22, 2013 | Posted in FELA Claims | Tagged Tags: FELA claims, MN railroad injury, St. Paul lawyer, train accident attorney | Leave a comment
What is My Claim Worth?
Compensation claims made under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) generally generate significantly higher payouts than claims made under state workers’ compensation. In one case in Nebraska, a maintenance crew member received nearly $2.8 million for injuries suffered while replacing railroad ties. Kendall Walsh, 36, sustained a serious and permanent injury to his right arm Read More
Read MoreOne Woman Dead and Several Injured in Train – Bus Collision
On Friday, April 26th 91-year-old Claudette Miller was killed and several people were injured when a freight train hit a small BART bus in Evans City, Pennsylvania. According to the train’s engineer, the bus had stopped on the tracks and was thrown several feet by the collision. Police believe the engineer sounded the train whistle Read More
Read MoreTwo Children Killed in Iowa Train Crash
Two sisters aged four and five were killed in the Iowa community of Batavia when the minivan they were travelling in was struck by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train. Tara Lewman, 25, was driving home with her three children when she stopped for lowered gates at a double track train crossing. Her view Read More
Read MoreDon’t Suffer Post-Injury Harassment Quietly
A laborer for the Metro-North Commuter Railroad injured his finger in a work-related accident. After reporting the injury to his supervisor, he was initially told not to seek medical treatment. After finally receiving treatment, he was ordered by occupational health and his own doctor not to resume his usual duties until he had healed. But Read More
Read MoreSignal Maintenance Worker Killed By Oncoming Train
New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employee Louis Moore, 58, died in April when he fell onto the tracks and into the path of an oncoming train. The father of three was walking along a catwalk above the tracks when his equipment bag seemed to get caught on a gate and he fell. While Read More
Read MoreVictims of Hazardous Chemical Spill File a Class Action
Victims of a chemical spill caused by a train derailment in Paulsboro, NJ in November have filed a class action lawsuit against the railroad company. Seven cars carrying hazardous chemicals left the track on or near a bridge over Mantua Creek, causing a spillage of vinyl chloride. Emergency services and local residents claim that Conrail Read More
Read MoreDo I Have a FELA Claim?
William Grammar worked for Illinois Central Railroad for nearly 40 years until he was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2011. Mr. Grammar believes that his kidney cancer was caused by long-term workplace exposure to harmful chemicals and fumes — including asbestos, diesel exhaust and pesticides — without proper respiratory equipment. He is now suing his Read More
Read MoreTrain–Pickup Collision in Rudd, Iowa
Brian Leckness was killed, and Gary Eilers critically injured, on April 20th, 2013 after a train hit the Dodge Dakota pick-up Eilers was driving. According to the State Patrol, the two Waterloo residents were hit by the westbound train near 4th Street at around 8 a.m. and dragged nearly three blocks. Brian, who was 32 Read More
Read MoreMinnesota Train Derailment Causes Crude Oil Spill
In March, a freight train carrying crude oil from Alberta, Canada to the Chicago area derailed in western Minnesota, causing three tankers to rupture and leak up to 30,000 gallons of fuel. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reported that the cold weather had made the oil thicker, making recovery of the oil more difficult. But Read More
Read MoreSuit Filed by Workers Injured in the Louisville Train Derailment Fire
Leonardo Anthony Carrilla and Gregory Powers, two Illinois workers injured by fire during the October cleanup of a derailed train in southwest Louisville, have filed a lawsuit against the railroad and its contractors. According to Carilla and Powers’ claims, P&L Railway and CSX, their contractor, did not properly monitor the derailment site. As result, an Read More
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