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Railroad worker files FELA lawsuit

June 03, 2007
A railroad worker has filed a lawsuit against a company that he says was responsible for injuries he suffered on the job. Eldwin Garrett has accused the BNSF Railway Co. of negligence under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) in connection with injuries he suffered last year.
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Lawsuit filed in New York railroad crossing accident

March 13, 2007
The father of a New York man who was killed in a railroad crossing accident has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the operator of the train that killed his son. Steven Bello says that CSX Corp. was “careless and negligent” for failing to install adequate safety or warning systems at the crossing where the car driven by his son, Christopher, was struck by a train.
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Railroad worker awarded $1.1M in accident lawsuit

January 12, 2007
Reginald Booker, a former worker with CSX Railroad in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has been awarded $1.07 million in his railroad injury lawsuit against his old employer. Booker was injured in September 2003 after he was nearly crushed beneath a railroad car. Because of the railroad accident, he suffered nerve, vertebrae and pelvis injuries, and can no longer work.
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Railroad worker wins $1.8M chemical exposure lawsuit

October 24, 2006
A former railroad worker from Kentucky has been awarded a $1.8 million verdict in a chemical exposure lawsuit against his former employer. Terry Williams alleged that he was exposed to a cleaning solvent while working for CSX Transportation and suffered permanent brain damage as a result.
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Jury awards Kentucky man $1.8M in railroad case

September 15, 2006
A former railroad worker who claimed that his use of cleaning solvents caused permanent brain damage has been awarded $1.8 million by a jury in Louisville, Kentucky.
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NTSB rules on cause of deadly South Carolina train accident

November 29, 2005
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that the crew of a Norfolk Southern train failed to follow company rules, causing a railroad accident that left 14 cars derailed. Three of them contained chlorine, one of which released at least 90 tons of the gas into the environment of Graniteville, South Carolina on January 6, 2005.
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