Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

• West Virginia (WV) Supreme Court Reinstates Railroad Engineer’s Mesothelioma Wrongful Death Suit, Ruling Railroad’s Release Of Claims Was Void

  Rick Shapiro | March 22, 2009 8:57 PM | 1 CommentNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  West Virginia Supreme Court Reinstates Railroad Engineer’s Mesothelioma Wrongful Death Suit, Ruling Railroad’s Release Of Claims Was Void The West Virginia Supreme Court reversed a...

• Total Number of Railroad Accidents Decline, but Railroad Worker Deaths Increase According to Federal Railroad Administration Statistics for 2008

  Rick Shapiro | March 04, 2009 9:10 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  The Federal Railroad Administration maintains statistics from all Class One and other short line railroads. The statistics are in for calendar year 2008 and they showed that there were 11,144...

• $48 million FELA Verdict To Railroad Signalman Who Suffered Paralysis Upheld by Judge

  Rick Shapiro | February 14, 2009 12:02 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  After a jury awarded $48 million to a former Union Pacific Railroad signalman who suffered paralysis, Union Pacific filed all kinds of legal motions to set aside the California jury’s verdict....

• Recovery of Colorado Airplane Crash Victims Delayed Until the Spring

  John Cooper | February 06, 2009 9:50 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  My law partner James Lewis wrote an article on a Canadian couple that were killed in a plane crash in the Colorado Mountains. According to an article on FoxNews.com, Costilla County officials...

• 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

  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...

• New Railroad Safety Legislation Mandates Use of Closest Available Medical Facility

  Rick Shapiro | October 15, 2008 9:04 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Ourlaw firm has represented railroad workers for many years with regard to on the job accidents, relating to asbestos, silicosis, cumulative trauma diseases and all types of railroad injuries...

• Should the Public Care Whether Railroad Workers Have Limited Hours of Service?

  Rick Shapiro | October 14, 2008 8:54 AM | 1 CommentVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Why should you care if railroad conductors and engineers will work less hours? Do you care if new railroad safety legislation puts stricter controls on rail employers in how they compute the time...

• Rail Safety Legislation Passes Both House & Senate– First Major Rail Safety Legislation Since 1974

  Rick Shapiro | October 13, 2008 7:33 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  In early October 2008 the U.S. Senate passed the first major rail safety legislation since 1974 agreeing to the bill about a week after the house passed the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008....

• Asbestos Causes Mesothelioma Cancer in Railroad Workers

  Rick Shapiro | October 12, 2008 12:11 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Mesothelioma is a horrible form of terminal cancer associated only with asbestos exposure, and just like in the regular work place it has affected railroad workers throughout the United States....

• Feds Ban Cell Phone & PDA Use in Railroad Operations Under Emergency Order-Effective October 27, 2008

  Rick Shapiro | October 11, 2008 12:30 PM | 1 CommentVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  In the wake of the Metrolink passenger rail collision-the worst and most deadly rail accident in over 10 years-the federal Railroad administration (FRA) issued an emergency order that takes effect...