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an injured railroad accident case is
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different than any other personal injury
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case it’s governed by the federal
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employers liability act more commonly
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known as the
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Fela that act is different and changes
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the common law in the sense that you can
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collect a an injured railroad worker can
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collect even if he’s 90% at fault for
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his own injury it’s called pure compared
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to negligence in addition the FAA is has
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different damages under the wrongful
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death aspects of the case if the case
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involves a wrongful death as well as the
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retirement benefits are different to
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handle you need a lawyer that
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understands all that over the years I
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have worked as Council for the transport
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Workers Union they represented the
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Carman for the now defund Conrail
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railroad system I represent clients from
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Toledo to Youngstown and everywhere in
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between I represented injured railroad
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workers on Interstate rails as well as
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on short lines such as us steel up in
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Lorraine and lordon on the GM PL plant
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that recently closed these cases are
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very difficult to handle and the
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railroad are very tough to deal with as
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they tend to retaliate against workers
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who present claims we can handle that we
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can get your relief for not only the
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injury but the retaliation I had the
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experience to do that