By John Cooper, FELA Lawyer

I am proud to announce that fellow attorney Rick Shapiro was able to secure a jury verdict of $8.6 million in a FELA wrongful death case against VA corporation, CSXT railroad.

Rick’s client was a railroad worker who lost his life to lung cancer following a five year battle, after being exposed to asbestos, diesel fumes, and radiation during his 40 year career as a brakeman/switchman with L & N/CSX. Rick’s client handled cargo and scrap metal from the DOE Oak Ridge nuclear facilities. He also worked on asbestos-laden locomotives and inhaled diesel exhaust on switching engines for decades.
 
Anne Payne, his widow stated:  “I had so much faith in Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Gilreath and knew that the jury would do the right thing and hold the railroad liable for not providing my husband a safe workplace and no protective gear while he worked around these carcinogens.”  The post-verdict motions by the railroad attorneys are still pending as of this posting.

Rick worked on the case for over four years to get justice for his client, and now his surviving widow, and the verdict, illustrates Rick’s commitment to achieving results, even in complicated occupational disease cases.

About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is an injury law firm with a long history of representing hundreds of railroad workers in FELA/ railroad injury cases. Check out our railroad injury case results to see for yourself. Our offices are in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) and Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC). Our lawyers hold licenses in VA, NC, SC, WV, KY, FL and DC and have handled railroad injury and FELA cases throughout the eastern U.S.  We would like to send you one of our FREE reports about railroad injury and FELA cases, including Do’s and Don’ts When Injured at a Railroad – The Railroad Worker’s FELA Rights and What Railroad Claim Agents Won’t Tell You (But You Must Know). We are ready to talk to you by phone right now—we provide free initial confidential injury case consultations, so call us toll free at 1-800-752-0042 before giving any statement or talking to a railroad claims agent. Our injury attorneys also host an extensive injury law video library on Youtube . Furthermore, our lawyers proudly moderate the Yardlimits Railroad Community Forum and donate to the Fallen Brother Fund.   PA