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.
FELA Legal Malpractice Suit Filed
-December 27, 2005
Injured in a locomotive and passenger vehicle accident in June of 2000, Robert Loehr decided to file a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway and the driver of the vehicle, Christopher Campbell.
Robert Loehr filed his original lawsuit with the help of attorneys Rathmann and Holland. These two attorneys compromised Loehr's interests by causing the dismissal of his original lawsuit. After an offer was made to settle by the railroad company, Loehr declined under the advice of his then attorneys. After more failed attempts to further the progression of the case, Loehr decided to end the client-attorney relationship with Holland and Rathmann.
After obtaining the representation of attorney Cook, who worked in the same firm as Rathmann and Holland, his lawsuit was again dismissed as time barred. This dismissal permanently foreclosed on Loehr's ability to collect any compensation from the railroad for his injuries through a FELA lawsuit.
Loehr claims that his Federal Employees Liability Act (FELA) lawsuit was mishandled. He believes that the defendants caused his initial lawsuit to be voluntarily dismissed. After the dismissal, the defendants failed to promptly file motions to nullify the effects of this dismissal. Since there were no actions taken, permanent foreclosing of the case left Loehr without any chance to collect compensation.
Robert Loehr has now filed a legal malpractice suit against Eric Holland, Dennis Rathmann, Bruce Cook and the law firm of Cook, Ysursa, Bartholomew, Brauer and Shevlin. David Nelson and John Fredrick, Jr. of Nelson and Nelson in Belleville now represent Loehr. Loehr is s eeking damages in excess of $100,000 for the negligent handling of his FELA lawsuit.
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