Posts tagged CSX

• High-Speed Rail Plan Moves Forward for Southside Virginia (VA)

  John Cooper | November 10, 2009 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Taking cars off Hampton Roads highways is the surest way to reduce traffic congestion, increase driver safety and ensure that economic growth in the area extending from Suffolk to Williamsburg...

• Rail Operators Shift to Opposing Safety Upgrades for Being Too Costly

  Randy Appleton | October 27, 2009 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Federal rules due to become final before the end of 2009 will require freight, passenger and commuter rail operator to install safety systems along their tracks that automatically slow or shut...

• New Whistle Blower Law Protects Railroad Workers From Retaliation

  John Cooper | October 02, 2009 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  THE PURPOSE OF THIS LEGISLATION 49 U.S.C. §20109 was enacted in 2007 to address railroad company pressure on employees not to report safety problems and injuries. This whistle blower...

• Defects in Railroad Cars Give Rise to Automatic Liability Under the Safety Appliance Act

  John Cooper | September 17, 2009 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The Railroad Safety Appliance Act (49 U.S.C section 20301-20303) which was enacted in 1893, made air brakes and automatic couplers mandatory for all railroad trains in the United States. The Act...

• Disturbing High Court Ruling in Asbestos Case

  Jason Knowles | July 16, 2009 2:38 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The U. S. Supreme Court has recently ruled that a Tennessee railroad worker is not entitled to the $5 million awarded him by a jury for his long-term exposure to asbestos. In CSX Transp., Inc. v....

• Do North Carolina (NC) Railroad Workers Who Get Hurt on the Job Get Workers’ Compensation?

  John Cooper | June 28, 2009 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  No. The employees of the major railroads in North Carolina like Norfolk Southern (NS), CSXT, and Amtrak do not get workers’ compensation if they are injured during their work but instead have...

• Unique Virginia (VA) Government Setup for Cities and Counties Affects Injury Cases

  John Cooper | May 07, 2009 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Virginia is the only state in the country that has a system where cities are not also considered within counties. For example, the City of Norfolk is not within any county. There is no Norfolk...

• Railroads Try New End Run Around FELA Jury Verdicts: Motions For Verdict Offset Due To Railroad Retirement Collateral Source Payments

  John Cooper | January 07, 2009 8:42 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The new strategy for railroads in railroad worker personal injury cases (FELA cases), is to try to reduce the sums juries are requiring them to pay by filing legal motions that ask judges to give...

• 2 Million Dollar FELA Verdict For Railroad Engineer Against CSX: Improperly Mounted Seats/Seatbacks and Repetitive Rough Couplings

  Rick Shapiro | November 21, 2008 8:41 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Pennsylvania FELA attorneys Mike Olley and David Lockard reported an important FELA personal injury verdict in favor of railroad engineer that was returned May 2008, in Philadelphia state court...

• Major Railroad Worker Verdict Against CSX for Engineer Exposed to Toxic, Hazardous Fumes

  Rick Shapiro | November 20, 2008 9:03 AM | 1 CommentVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  My FELA railroad injury lawyer/colleague William (Bill) Kvas, a Minneapolis, Minnesota lawyer recently reported a $661,500 West Virginia (WV) FELA/railroad worker verdict recovered against...