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For more than a century railroad workers have been protected by the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), an act brought in after a terrible catalogue of deaths and injuries on America’s railroads.
The legislation followed a massive upsurge in railway building at the end of the 19th Century. While this boom fuelled America's economy, it was bought at a high price in terms of the number of railroad workers being injured...
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Ex-Railroad Worker is Awarded $4.5 Million over Painful Slip
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BODY – Tripping on the railroad may not seem like obvious grounds for a lawsuit against your employer.
But when the employer is a railroad company that has allowed weeds to grow so high that the dangers are not readily apparent, it’s the grounds for a multi-million dollar verdict, a jury in Roanoke, Virginia decided.
See this video of a Norfolk Southern derailment.
The jury awarded $4.5 million to former Norfolk Southern Corp...
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