By John Cooper, Railroad Occupational Disease Attorney

Following up on a notice from our FELA plaintiff’s attorney colleagues at Doran & Murphy in Buffalo, New York (NY), my Virginia personal injury law firm co-worker Rick Shapiro has alerted YardLimits Forum members of a previously underrecognized cancer risk: on-the-job exposure to formaldehyde in diesel fumes from engine exhausts. YardLimits is unique online community for all people who work in the railroad industry and also a place for lawyers who specialize in representing rail employees in injury and wrongful death lawsuits to share news and legal information. Free registration is required to view some of the content and participate in the ongoing discussions, but if you’re a railroader, you owe it to yourself to visit YardLimits. Specifically, learn about the risks posed by formaldehyde to people working on train engines and in rail yards.

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About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is an injury law firm whose attorneys have long histories of representing railroad workers in FELA and other railroad injury cases.  Attorneys will our firm have served as chairmen of the Railroad section of the American Association for Justice. One of our attorneys wrote a major attorney’s encyclopedia section on railroad safety litigation. Check out our railroad injury case results to see for yourself. Our offices are in Virginia Beach and Hampton, Virginia (VA), and Elizabeth City, North Carolina (NC). Our lawyers also hold licenses to practice in South Carolina (SC), West Virginia (WV), Kentucky (KY), Florida (FL) and Washington, DC, and have handled hundreds of railroad injury and FELA cases throughout the eastern United States. Rick Shapiro and James Lewis were included in the 2011 issue of Best Lawyers in America. They, along with fellow attorney John M. Cooper, were also named 2011 Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law, an honor which fewer than 5 percent of outstanding lawyers receive. We would like to send you one of our FREE reports about railroad injury and FELA cases, such as Dos and Don’ts When Injured at a Railroad — Yours FELA Rights and What Railroad Claim Agents Won’t Tell You (But You Must Know). We provide free initial confidential injury case consultations, so call us toll free at (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. Further, our lawyers proudly moderate the Yardlimits Railroad Community Forum and donate to the Fallen Brother Fund.