Rick Shapiro worked for four years to get justice for his brakeman/switchman client who lost his life to lung cancer after being exposed to asbestos,radiation and diesel fumes. Rick was able to get justice for his client with an $8.6 million jury verdict against CSXT railroad.
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A trainman who suffered a nearly career-ending wrist injury when a coupler lever on a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train malfunctioned recently received a $1.7 million award in his civil lawsuit against BNSF for pain, suffering, medical expenses and lost wages. The freight rail company had originally claimed that the employee was owed no compensation…
In 2005 a speeding Metra train derailed and crashed in the Chicago area. After six years of litigation, Metra has finally agreed to pay $1.45 million to a Joliet woman who was injured and suffered a broken leg that will require knee replacement surgery as a result of the accident. The woman was aboard a Rock Island…
In his latest post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers Blog, my colleague John C. writes about a 19-year-old conductor who had both his legs amputated when he fell under the wheels of an Iowa Interstate Railroad train car. John also notes that more than 10,500 people suffered injuries from accidents involving freight trains during…