Many passengers enjoy reclining their seat while they’re in a car. Unfortunately, someone in a reclined seat is at risk of suffering a serious injury or losing their life. Why? Because someone in a reclined position may not be protected by the seat belt or airbag and could be catapulted out of the car in a crash.
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).
The legal limit for the blood alcohol concentration limit of an on-duty railroad workers is zero.
Working on and around trains with diesel locomotives definitely raises a person’s risks for developing occupational illnesses.
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.