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.
Railroad engineer wants Texas law applied
-May 11, 2005
While working in Bell County, Texas, a railroad engineer said he sustained permanent injuries to his spines, discs, vertebrae, lower back and legs because of repeated exposure to unsafe working conditions at Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.
The engineer is seeking at least $50,000 for the injuries he allegedly sustained and wants a Madison County, IL jury to apply Texas law. The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) suit against the railroad company was filed May 11, and asked that a jury of 12 decide a case that has no ties to the county or the state.
The damages are being sought for lost wages, medical care and hospitalizations. In addition to the FELA suit, the railroad worker is also seeking damages under the Locomotive Inspection Act because of claims that Burlington failed to provide him with locomotives that did not pose an unnecessary danger of personal injury.For more information on FELA lawsuits, please contact us to confer with a personal injury lawyer.