California Train Accident Lawyer
During 2006, train accidents caused 909 fatalities and 8,244 injuries nationwide, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. These figures include accidents involving railroad employees, highway-railroad crossing accidents, injuries to those aboard passenger trains and those injured while walking on or near railroad tracks.
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The attorneys of Rouda, Feder, Tietjen & McGuinn represent clients injured in all types of railroad accidents. We have a great deal of experience in representing brakemen, switchmen, engineers and other railroad employees who are hurt on the job at interchange stations. If you have suffered a railroad injury, please contact our law firm for a free consultation and case evaluation.
FELA Lawyers for Injured Rail Workers
Railroad employees are not eligible to receive workers' compensation benefits. Instead, their on-the-job injuries are covered by the Federal Employees Liability Act (FELA). Enacted in 1908, FELA protects the rights of all injured railroad workers, even those who do not work in or around a train. However, unlike injured workers covered by no-fault, workers' compensation insurance, injured railroad workers must prove that their employer's negligence caused their injury. Whether they work in an office job or a switching station, we can help seriously injured railroad workers obtain the full amount of financial compensation they deserve.
Negligence on Passenger Trains
Our law firm also represents injured railroad passengers, those injured in railroad crossing accidents and other victims of negligence. For example, we represented the family of an 81-year-old passenger on an Amtrak train who was looking for the door to the restroom. He instead opened an exterior door that had been left unlatched and was sucked out of the train. To read more examples of our work involving train accidents, please visit our successes page.
To arrange a free consultation about your railroad accident case, please contact an attorney at Rouda, Feder, Tietjen & McGuinn today. We represent train accident victims on a contingency basis, so you will pay no attorney's fees at all unless we win financial compensation in your railroad accident claim.
From offices in San Francisco, we represent clients injured in railroad and switchyard accidents throughout California.
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