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As VA FELA lawyers we know the complicated nature of these railroad worker injury claims as well as the necessity for qualified expert testimony in career ending claims.

The law in Virginia (VA) says that the driver of a car, crossing the railroad tracks is only supposed to look and listen for any trains. When the city and the railroad agree to a rule that the engineer does not have to blow the train whistle on the locomotive when coming through city crossings, it means that the driver probably cannot hear the train.

Poor maintenance and avoidable errors by engineers and conductors are leading reasons that trains hit passenger vehicles at railroad crossings.