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A life-long locomotive engineer sustained a severe shoulder injury when the locomotive engine and train he was operating collided with asphalt-resurfacing construction equipment being operated and owned by a Louisiana Construction Company at a railroad crossing in Gonzales, Louisiana. On the day of this accident, as the engineer approached the railroad crossing in question, he […]

Conductor requires back surgery after being injured in the Norfolk Southern Lula Yard, Lula, Georgia – $596,681.41 verdict after a 5 day trial. James Hugh Schumpert was working as a conductor for Norfolk Southern Railway Company, transporting a train from Inman Yard in Atlanta, Georgia to a Toyota facility in Commerce, Georgia.  When the crew

This Federal Employer’s Liability Act [“FELA”], 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. action instituted by NOPB’s railroad machinist, Joey McLeod, came for trial on May 21, 2012.  Mr. McLeod’s claims arose from an on-duty injury he sustained while working for NOPB on September 24, 2009.  ​ On that date, Mr. McLeod sustained an injury to his lumbar

William Mingledorff was working as an engineer at the Southover Yard in Savannah, Georgia.  On the day of the accident, Mr. Mingledorff received instructions from his yardmaster to move his engines onto track A05.  When he was within 5 car lengths of coupling to the cars in this track, Mr. Mingledorff’s conductor noticed cars being

20 year New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Company locomotive engineer Michael Dickerson sustained career-ending neck and right knee injuries when the locomotive he was operating in a shoving movement collided with a cut of standing cars.   At the time of the collision, a series of “car counts” were being communicated to Mr. Dickerson by radio.  The

Well before the terrible train collision, the Defendant Railroad Company had contracted with a weather risk management service, WeatherData Services, Inc., to monitor all its mainline railroad tracks in the United States for severe weather and to issue appropriate weather warnings to the railroad company’s National Rail Traffic Control Center.   On the day of

CSX Engineer Falls Due to Broken Sun-Visor – Anterior Lumbar Fusion Required –  Georgia Jury Returns $1 Million Verdict. The Plaintiff, an engineer, stopped his train at the Johns-Manville crossing in Winder, Georgia, in order to allow his conductor to get off the train and direct traffic because crossing signals were not working.  As Plaintiff descended

Louisiana Engineer Injured in Train Collision with Tractor-trailer in Byram, Mississippi – $1,000,017.00 Settlement for Engineer before Trial O. Wayne Matthews was employed as an engineer for National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) operating a locomotive engine on a trip between New Orleans, Louisiana and Byram, Mississippi.  As Mr. Matthews approached the Prisock Road crossing in

Engineer requires back surgery after being injured in the CSX Winston Yard, Lakeland, Florida – $1,003,205.00 in settlement after two days of trial. Richard Todd was working as an engineer at the Winston Yard in Lakeland, Florida.  He was pulling approximately 28 cars up the north end lead track when he was instructed to stop.  After

December 15, 2016 – A federal jury returned a gross verdict in the amount $1,227,739.00 for a 46 year old Trackman/Welder injured in Chickasha, Oklahoma while working for Union Pacific.  ​ On April 14, 2015, Terrell Johnson was injured working on a track gang that was installing a cross tie.  His supervisor, rather than use