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Kowalewski v. BNSF – Railroad sanctioned for poisoning locomotive engineer and then trying to cover it up

The Facts: On January 19, 2014, 49-year-old Scott Kowalewski was working as an engineer for BNSF Railway at the Northtown railyard in Minnesota. During the coupling of tank cars that contained casinghead gasoline, the cars vented poisonous fumes where Kowalewski was working. Casinghead gasoline is a product of oil fracking fields. It is known to be an extremely toxic inhalation hazard that...

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Illinois Railroad Cancer Law Firm

Chicago-based Hughes Law Offices serves current and former railroad employees diagnosed with cancer, leukemia and pulmonary issues as a result of their work for the railroad.  Whether you...

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Railroad Workers & Creosote

Workplace exposures to creosote put railroad workers at higher risk of developing illnesses such as leukemia and cancer.  Creosote is a wood preservative...

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Herbicide Use in the Railroad Industry

For decades, railroads have used herbicides on mainline tracks, at rail crossings, and inside their rail yards to control vegetation. Many railroad workers, in turn, have endured long-term exposures to those herbicides while working on the ground as brakeman, conductors, car men, and members of the track department. As a result of these railroad herbicide exposures, workers are at increased...

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Factors Affecting Your Railroad Cancer Settlement – Strict Liability v. FELA Comparative Negligence

Railroad workers diagnosed with an illness caused by workplace exposures are entitled to file lawsuits against their employer under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA). Under the FELA, railroad workers can recover for their occupational cancer or other illness if they can show that the illness was caused, even in the slightest, by the railroad’s negligence. This is a relatively...

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Statute of Limitations for Filing FELA Claims

The Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) is legislation that was created to protect railroad employees who are injured at work. FELA claims have a three-year statute of limitations, which means that a lawsuit must be brought within three years of the occurrence of an injury. In railroad cancer claims, the three-year statute of limitations begins to run on the date...

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Former Railroad Carman and Signalman with Squamous Cell Neck Cancer

A 68-year-old railroad worker brought a FELA action against Consolidated Rail Corporation and its successor Norfolk Southern Railway Company after he was...

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Railroad Workers – Lead Exposures

Railroad workers engaged in welding, torch cutting, rivet busting, sandblasting and demolition operations on equipment, bridges and buildings painted with lead-based paint...

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Railroad Worker Silica Exposures

Railroad workers are at elevated risk of developing silicosis, lung cancer, and pulmonary fibrosis as a result of workplace exposures to silica dust. Silica can be found in ballast, which is the rock foundation below the ties and tracks. Ballast typically consists of granite or limestone. Granite ballast can contain up to 50% silica. Railroad track department or maintenance of...

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