How Can a Retired Railroad Worker Know Their Lung Disease Is Work-Related?
Working on and around trains with diesel locomotives definitely raises a person’s risks for developing occupational illnesses.
Working on and around trains with diesel locomotives definitely raises a person’s risks for developing occupational illnesses.
The railroad industry won’t “come clean” for their negligence in asbestos injuries including mesothelioma. If you are a railroad worker or former worker who has been diagnosed with lung cancer or another disease, contact us so that we can evaluate your case and determine if we can assist.
This article provides information about the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), which is a law specifically designed for injured railroad workers.
Welders on railroads have contracted permanent lung diseases, cancers or permanent neurological and memory disorders due to long term inhalation of the harmful particulates in welding fumes.
These types of cases require careful investigation and it requires our law firm to engage some of the top experts in the fields involved in order to determine whether a particular cancer or disease was caused by the harmful toxic welding fume exposure in question.
A case out of Montana strongly affirms railroad employees’ rights to secure compensation and damages for on-the-job injuries under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) and for wrongful termination under the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA).