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.
Norfolk Southern named in FELA lawsuit
-March 31, 2005
A FELA lawsuit was filed in Madison County, targeting Norfolk Southern Railway. Claiming injuries on three separate occasions in 2002 occurred because the railroad failed to provide a safe place and safe methods to work, failed to provide sufficient manpower and failed to provide safe tools and equipment, machinist Lawrence Jones says he lost earnings when he sustained severe and permanent injuries to his neck, back, spine and shoulders and body resulting in great pain and mental anguish.
The FELA lawsuit also claims Jones lost earnings he otherwise would have been entitled to and that his earning capacity has been greatly diminished. Though the complaint does not list specific injuries, Jones says he has become liable for medical bills as a result of the injuries.For more information on FELA lawsuits, please contact us to confer with a personal injury lawyer.