MARSHALL � While working as a relief signal maintainer for Kansas City Southern Railroad, a Louisiana man claims the company failed to provide a reasonably safe place to work which caused him to injure his back twice.
Harron WHEELING W. Va. � Radiologist Ray Harron of Bridgeport, W. Va., refuses to testify about X-rays he read twice with different results, according to railroad company CSX Transportation.
A wrongful death trial over a Ford Bronco blowout in Judge Donald Floyd's 172nd District Court has run longer than expected, forcing a crop of slated hearings to be reset for a later harvest.
Jefferson County Chief District Judge Gary Sanderson conducted a trial he should have transferred and upheld a jury verdict he should have overturned, Union Pacific Railroad argued before the Ninth District appeals court in Beaumont on April 2.
Judge Donald Floyd has ruled that a local rail switching company cannot be defined as a "railroad common carrier" and be sued under the Federal Employers Liability Act.
In June 2007, the Record reported on a Federal Employers Liability Act suit filed by BNSF Railway Co. employee Eldwin Garrett, who injured himself while installing an end-of-train device for the railroad.
Recht CHARLESTON - A plaintiff in a high-profile asbestos case apparently forged a signature on an X-ray report so he could repay an improper $750 advance from a Pennsylvania law firm.
A local judge has been tasked to decide whether or not a rail switch operator company can be defined as a "railroad common carrier" and be sued under the Federal Employers Liability Act.
JACKSON, Miss. � Just as X-rays allow patients to see through skin, X-ray lawsuits allow Americans to see through asbestos litigation that swallowed profits of American corporations and carried away their assets through bankruptcy courts.
TEXARKANA, Ark. � While admitting that a train derailment and chemical spill caused damage to three houses, seven vehicles and a semi-tractor trailer, Union Pacific Railroad denies it owes damages to 1,200 additional property owners.
Feb. 12, 2009, signifies more than just another annual celebration of the birthday of our 16th president � it marks the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth on Feb. 12, 1809.