EDWARDSVILLE – A Madison County man alleges his employers' failure to provide a safe place to work caused him to injure his knee when his foot slipped off a moving locomotive hopper car.
BELLEVILLE — A welder is suing Canadian National Railway for allegedly failing to provide safe equipment for him to use after he was put on oxygen therapy for his pulmonary fibrosis.
A former Illinois Central Railroad and Canadian National Railway employee claims he developed a non-malignant respiratory disease after more than 30 years of working near asbestos fibers.
An employee of Canadian National Railway Company (CNRC) filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) complaint in U.S. District Court Aug. 7, seeking damages in excess of $300,000 claiming the railroad failed to provide him a safe place to work.
An Illinois Central Railroad (ICRR) maintenance worker alleges he suffers from respiratory illness and extreme nervousness over concerns he will develop cancer because of work-related exposure to silica, asbestos and diesel fumes.
A passenger in a vehicle struck by a Union Pacific train on Old Freeburg Road in Belleville is suing the railroad and the car's driver for permanent injuries he sustained in an accident June 6, 2003. He is represented by the Belleville law firm McGlynn & McGlynn.
