Our Virginia personal injury firm has handled many railroad worker injury cases that turn on the Safety Appliance Act, or SAA, and other federal railroad regulations like the Locomotive Inspection Act. What we see again and again is that injured railroaders often have no idea one of these safety statutes even applies to how they got hurt. That gap in […]
The Safety Appliance Act: A Powerful Tool in Railroad Injury Claims
Why Vocational Evidence Can Make or Break a Career-Ending FELA Claim
A settlement handled by a law firm in California shows just how much goes into a serious railroad injury case, and why the right kind of testimony can decide its outcome. The injured worker was a 33-year-old train conductor. He fell from a rail car, and the car crushed his left foot. What started as a partial amputation of the […]
Rule G Explained: Alcohol, Drugs, and Your Rights as a Railroad Worker
The rule is short and unforgiving. For an on-duty railroad worker, the legal limit for blood alcohol concentration is zero. Not 0.04, not a trace. Zero. Anyone who would register a BAC above 0.00 has no business in a rail yard when the shift whistle blows. The same goes for drugs. Workers on the clock cannot have any measurable amount […]
What Railroad Workers Need to Know About FELA Claims in Virginia
Railroad work has always carried real risk, and the law that protects injured rail workers reflects that. The Federal Employers’ Liability Act, known as FELA, gives employees of freight and passenger railroads engaged in interstate commerce the right to pursue compensation when they’re hurt or made sick on the job. It also covers occupational illness claims, not just sudden accidents. […]
Proving a Railroad Cancer Claim Doesn’t Require an Exact Dose
Railroad workers who develop cancer after years around diesel fumes, asbestos, or radiation often ask the same question. How do you prove exposure to a disease-causing amount of something when nobody was measuring it at the time? Railroad defense attorneys ask a version of the same question from the other side, usually hoping the answer is that quantified proof is […]