Accidental Injuries—What to Do?

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If you have a traumatic injury or railroad accident contact us at 800-576-0515 to discuss how best to protect your rights.

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New employees are surprised to learn that the Railroad is not responsible for their on-the-job injury unless the Railroad is negligent or at fault for causing the injury. Unlike other industries, when you work for a railroad you are not automatically entitled to be compensated for an on-the-job injury regardless of fault. FELA provides the very best compensation for an injured employee as long as he properly asserts negligence on the part of the railroad causing his injury. You will fully benefit from your rights under FELA only if you have a competent FELA attorney to press for those rights.

Under no circumstances should you be tricked into providing a taped or written statement to a railroad claim agent. After reporting your injury to your supervisor and providing a brief statement for completion of the usual accident reports, the only reason for the railroad to obtain an additional statement from you is to reduce the value of your claim. Such statements taken by claim agents also may be used against you in any disciplinary hearing conducted by the railroad.

Beware of Blindly Signing Authorizations and Releases

Beware when the Railroad Medical Department, Claims Department, or Benefits Department asks you to sign a blanket authorization or release form. Generally speaking, there is no need for you to authorize a Railroad Medical Department to obtain copies of any and all of your medical records going back indefinitely into your past. Any authorization form or release should be tailored as narrowly as possible to cover the situation in question, and no more. Give us a call if you have questions as to the appropriateness of such forms.

Avoid Destruction of Crucial Evidence

To recover fair and just damages, it is essential that railroad employees injured on the job be able to prove the railroad’s negligence. Every time you have an on-the-job injury, there are numerous types of evidence that are crucial to your ability to prove your case. Without such evidence, you will be at a tremendous disadvantage when it comes time to settle or try your case.

Be warned, your railroad will take the position it is free to destroy potentially relevant evidence unless it is placed on written notice immediately after your injury that it must preserve such evidence. Thus, failure to give the railroad proper notice immediately after your injury could result in the loss of information of vital importance to your case.

Accordingly, it is imperative you contact us as soon as possible after your injury so we can put the railroad on proper written notice of its obligation to preserve potentially relevant and discoverable evidence. Failure to do so may fatally compromise your ability to prove your case! So don’t give the railroad a chance to destroy crucial evidence. Contact us right away or call 800-576-0515 so we can protect your rights by placing the railroad on proper notice.

  • $10.8 Million Verdict for a Metro-North Conductor wrongful death case. (Avery v. Metro-North RR).
  • $8 Million settlement for an Amtrak Trackman who sustained a crushed leg. (Cevasco v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.).
  • $7 Million settlement for a Metro-North Foreman whose legs were amputated. (Renert v. Metro-North RR).
  • $5.8 Million settlement for an Amtrak Conductor who sustained a head injury. (Fitzpatrick v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.).
  • $5.5 Million settlement for a Metro-North Machinist wrongful death case. (Pieger v. Metro-North RR).
  • $4.3 Million Verdict for a Metro-North Conductor wrongful death case. (Ard v. Metro-North RR)
  • $2.57 Million Verdict for an Amtrak Conductor who sustained a back injury. (Pace v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.).
  • $2.5 Million Settlement for a Metro-North employee who sustained a serious head injury.
  • Settled for a Confidential Sum for a Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company Trackman wrongful death case. (Macaulay v. Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company.)
  • $6.250 Million Verdict in 2023 which was later reduced to $2.1 Million for a Metro-North Structural Welder/Ironworker who sustained head and neck injuries and has returned to work. (Torres v. Metro-North RR).
  • $2 Million Verdict for a Metro-North Lineman who sustained an electrical burn (Curly v. Metro-North RR).
  • $2 Million Settlement in 2020 for a Providence & Worcester Railroad Company Conductor who sustained a serious head injury and returned to work for another RR as an Engineer. (Scarpa v. Providence & Worcester Railroad Company.)
  • $2 Million Settlement for a Metro-North Conductor who sustained a fractured leg.
    Settled for a Confidential Sum in 2019 an Amtrak Lineman involving an electrocution causing a permanent occupational disability. (Anderson v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.).
  • $1.85 Million Verdict for an Amtrak Ticket Agent who was assaulted. (Schneider v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.)
  • Compensatory and punitive damages Verdicts and subsequently settled for $1.8 Million in 2023 for a Metro-North
  • Conductor who suffered Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. (Moran v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority).
  • $1.69 Million Settlement for an Amtrak Supervisor who was shot by an employee. (Cornelius v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.)
  • $1.65 Million Verdict for a Metro-North Lineman who sustained foot and ankle injuries. (Keating v. Metro-North RR).
  • $1.65 Million Verdict for a Metro-North TA Employee who sustained an Open Tibia Fracture to his left leg. (Rivera v. Metro-North RR).
  • $1.54 Million Verdict for an Amtrak General Foreman who sustained a herniated disc in his lower back. (Brady v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation).
  • $1.45 Million Verdict for a Construction Worker who sustained a left hip injury. (Quintiliani v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation).
  • $1.42 Million Verdict for a Metro-North Machinist who sustained a fractured rib and a herniated disc. (Hall v. Metro-North RR).
  • $1.4 Million Verdict for a Metro-North Mechanical Gang Foreman who sustained burns from an explosion of steam on an engine. (Berry v. Metro-North RR).
  • $1.4 Million Verdict for a Metro-North Carpenter Foreman who sustained a back injury. (Kendall v. Metro-North RR).
  • $1.3 Million Verdict for a Metro-North Signal Trainee Maintainer who sustained a back injury from a slip and fall. (Moran v. Metro-North RR).
  • $1.2 Million Verdict for a Metro-North Signal Maintainer who sustained a back injury and post-concussion syndrome. (Manes v. Metro-North RR).
  • $1.2 Million Verdict for a Metro-North Trackman who sustained crushed legs. (Murillo v. Metro-North RR).
  • $1 Million Settlement for a Metro-North Trackman who sustained burns from pot welding and subsequently returned to work. (Burke v. Metro-North RR).

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