A former railroad fireman and engineer has filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act lawsuit against Union Pacific Railroad in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
Larry R. Biggs has filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit against Union Pacific Railroad claiming he developed bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and left ulnar nerve entrapment due to his employer's alleged negligence.
Phillip Charles Roberts filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act complaint against Union Pacific Railroad in Madison County Circuit Court Oct. 18, alleging Union Pacific negligently failed to provide him a safe place to work.
Rudy Teason of Cahokia filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) suit against his employer Union Pacific Railroad over injuries he sustained more than two years ago.
Elmer Grissom filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act complaint against Illinois Central Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad Company in Madison County Circuit Court Aug. 10, alleging he was exposed to asbestos while employed as a yardman.
Brad Lakin The Lakin Law Firm filed suit against Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, Lloyd's Illinois, Affinity Insurance and Norton & Rain alleging the defendants failed to defend the firm in a federal lawsuit.
A railroad worker who sustained severe injuries while working for Union Pacific (UP) filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit in Madison County Circuit Court July 27, alleging his employer failed to provide him a safe place to work.
Union Pacific Railroad is being sued by an employee who claims his injuries are due to the railroad negligently permitting unsafe work practices to become routine work practices.
A Union Pacific Railroad worker claims he suffers from a degenerative hip condition as a result of unsafe work practices, according to a suit filed July 16 in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
When Madison County Circuit Judge Daniel Stack took over the court's massive asbestos docket in September 2004 he declared that the "astronomical burden" of looming trials demanded he dismiss cases that were not connected directly to Madison County.
A Union Pacific laborer who claims he was injured on the job after working 27 consecutive hours filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act suit in Madison County Circuit Court on May 22.
A federal judge in Oklahoma has entered a default judgment of $3,752,601.80 against Thomas Lakin and the Lakin Law Firm of Wood River in an injured Oklahoma railroad worker's legal malpractice claim.