FELA, or the Federal Employment Liability Act assures railroad employees a safe work place and gives them and their families the right to recover compensation if injured in a railroad related accident. Under FELA, injured employees can seek compensation for wage loss, future wage loss, medical expenses and treatments, pain and suffering, and for partial or permanent disability. All railroad solvent exposure lawsuits have been filed under FELA.
Alton & Southern Railway Co. named in two FELA lawsuits
-February 8, 2005
Machine operators, in nearly identical complaints, named the Alton & Southern Railway Co. in two Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) lawsuits.
Each FELA complaint seeks more than $50,000 each for injuries to their back, neck, spine, shoulders, legs and body. According to the complaints, the trackmen were subjected to numerous repetitive traumas and walking on unstable ballast while repairing tracks.
The alleged injuries caused the men to suffer pain and mental anguish, lost earning potential and medical expenses.For more information on FELA lawsuits, please contact us to confer with a personal injury lawyer.