James F. Humphreys & Associates

Practice Areas

• Personal Injury/Wrongful Death
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Premises Liability/Slip & Fall
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Defective Pharmaceuticals
  • Occupational Disease
  • Product Liability
  • Railroad Litigation
• Product Liability
  • Asbestos
  • Benlate
  • Benzene
  • Car Seat Collapse
  • Creosote
  • Ford Door Latches
  • Infant/Child Car Seats
  • Silica
  • Welding Rods
  • Defective Pharmaceuticals
• Defective Pharmaceuticals
  • Accutane
  • Arcoxia
  • Baycol
  • Bextra
  • Celebrex
  • Crestor
  • Enbrel
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy
  • Meridia
  • OxyContin
  • Serevent
  • Thimerosal
  • Vioxx
  • Zyprexa
• Environmental Litigation
  • Benzene
  • Creosote
  • Dioxins
  • Floods
  • PCBs
• Mesothelioma
• Railroaders
  • Asbestos
  • Carpal Tunnel
  • Creosote
  • Diesel Fumes
  • Large Ballast
  • Mesothelioma
  • Personal Injury
  • Silica
  • Solvents
• Employment Law
  • Fair Labor/Overtime Violations
  • Age Discrimination
  • Race Discrimination
  • Sex Discrimination
• Securities
  • Pension & Health/Welfare Funds
• Occupational Disease
  • Asbestos
  • Benlate
  • Benzene
  • Creosote
  • Diesel Fumes
  • Dioxins
  • Lead
  • MTBE
  • PCBs
  • Perchlorate
  • Welding Rods
• Insurance/Financial Bad Faith
  • Fraudulent HMO Co-Payments
  • Fraudulent HMO Subrogation
  • Lost Pay Insurance Fraud
  • Payroll Fraud
  • Refund Anticipation Loans

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James F. Humphreys	James A. McKowen
J. David Cecil	Samuel D. Elswick
David B. Richardson	R. Ray Lovejoy, II
Craig B. Giffin	Wesley M. Jarrell, II
Cindy J. Kiblinger	Christopher W. Luzier
Bronwyn I. Rinehart

Railroads

Railroad employees work in an industry that has traditionally been considered among the most dangerous in the country. Therefore, there are a number of ways railroad employees can be injured on the job. Frequently, these injuries prove serious enough to merit filing a FELA (Federal Employers' Liability Act) claim . FELA provides railroad workers a system to legally recover damages for injuries sustained on the job. Under FELA, railroads are required to provide a reasonably safe working environment for employees.

While you may have a good relationship with your employer, realize that railroad companies are in business to make money. A claims agent working for the railroad has one major responsibility, to pay out as little of the company's money as possible. In fact, as soon as you report an injury, the railroad begins to prepare its legal defense. If you have a significant injury, even if you believe it may be your own fault, it is in your best interests to contact a FELA lawyer of James F. Humphreys & Associates right away. If you have been seriously injured while working for a railroad, you may be entitled to compensation for medical expenses, pain and suffering, disability, and loss of earnings.

James F. Humphreys & Associates understands the numerous risks railroad employees face while on the job. We have specific experience in the defense of railroad injury claims involving:

• Asbestos
• Carpal Tunnel
• Creosote
• Diesel Fumes
• Large Ballast
• Mesothelioma
• Personal Injury
• Silica
• Solvents

Years of regular, unprotected exposure to Asbestos, chemicals, PCBs, diesel fumes, rail dust and dust particulates, cleaning agents, and various other harmful contaminates often results in a variety of pulmonary conditions and illnesses that can be debilitating, progressive and often untreatable. Injuries to railroad employees are also caused by defects in cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, road bed, and other equipment of the road.

Railroad work is inherently dangerous and with a thorough understanding of the industry and its relating laws, our attorneys will fight for the compensation of costs and suffering associated with injuries sustained due to unsafe work practices and conditions. Contact us now. Fill out a free case evaluator now.