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The Changing Landscape of American Railroads The American railroad industry has changed significantly in the past 20 years. This has altered the nature of railroad work and unfortunately increased the danger for the workers and the general public. Worker safety is...
When in early December 2022, Joe Biden signed into law a measure that imposed the contract agreement brokered by his administration back in September, many people predicted that it would lead to unsafe conditions and perhaps even catastrophies. In early February,...
Workers' compensation and FELA are two important laws that protect employees from suffering financial loss due to workplace injuries. Depending on the type of job, the worker may be eligible for one or both types of benefits, but it is important to understand the...
We recently read a pro union, pro railroad worker article on Maximillian Alvarez's website about the recent railroad strike unions are presently dealing with. The December 7, 2022 article pulled together four railroad workers to comment on their perspectives about how...
At the time of this writing the nation is just receiving word that talks mediated by the Biden administration between railroad unions and railroad industry leaders seem to have been successful for the time being. At a time when the nation is dealing with existing...
A client of a FELA Injury Law Firm who had been in the Railroad Industry for decades once said matter of factly, there are two kinds of railroad workers: those who have been injured... and those who will be. It might sound like an exaggeration, but we get his point;...
The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) provides the legal basis for railroad employees injured on the job to recover damages due to the negligence of the railroad companies they work for. FELA exempts railroad employees from state workers compensation laws which...
Railroad workers in Illinois and around the country have extremely dangerous jobs, and the work they perform was even more hazardous in 1908 when Congress passed the Federal Employers Liability Act. FELA ensures that railroad workers are able to seek compensation when...
Railroad workers in Illinois may wonder what they need to do should they become injured while on the job. Because railroad injuries can be severe, the government has set up a form of protection called the Federal Employees Liability Act (FELA). Filing a FELA claim is...
An agreement to release an employer against all future claims from an injury incident does not mean that the worker cannot file new claims for unrelated injuries, a federal appellate court recently ruled. Any good railroad injury attorney can tell you that the Federal...