I love my job! I have been doing plaintiff-side personal injury law, mainly automobile accident cases, for over 20 years and I still enjoy coming to work each day. Not everyone gets to say that and enjoy that feeling about what they do for a living. One of the reasons I like what I do…
The controversy continues over engine mounted video and audio systems: safety or disciplinary or both? The system used by Norfolk Southern and many railroads is called Railview and distributed by SAIC. The video camera is mounted above the engine cab window and points forward, and the hard drive computer unit is mounted in the cab…
Foul weather and wet roads caused a deadly car accident in Wikesboro, North Carolina, this month. The head-on crash killed a young mother and her 5-year-old daughter on their way to school.
FELA cases for CSX and Norfolk Southern (NS) brakemen and conductors have been growing in number recently from cumulative trauma or repetitive stresses on train crews’ bodies after years of service. One of the main railroad work activities which caused a lot of excessive stress on the hips, knees, legs, ankles, and feet of yard…
Matt Megginson was going about his day at Burris Logistics operating a standup forklift when his life ended far too soon. Reports indicate the forklift pinned him down and led to his death. To the credit of his coworkers, they administered first aid immediately but the damage had been done. Mr. Megginson was pronounced dead…