$1,227,739.00 for Injured Union Pacific Trackman/Welder
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
$1,003,205.00 Settlement for Injured Engineer
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
$1,000,017.00 Settlement for Engineer Injured in Train Collision
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,
$1 Million Jury Verdict for CSX Engineer
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
$950,000.00 Settlement for Engineer who Sustained Thoracic Spine Fractures
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
$720,000.00 Jury Verdict for CSX Engineer
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
$700,000.00 Settlement for Injured Engineer
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
$670,000.00 Verdict for Railroad Machinist
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