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FELA attorneys work to protect the rights of the injured. The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) was enacted over 100 years ago to provide railroad employees with a means of obtaining compensation when they are injured in the course of their work (and it provides benefits for the dependent survivors of railroad workers who are killed on the job).

Representing the Injured

Railroad work can be dangerous, but employer railroad companies have the legal duty to provide the safest possible work environment for employees. Sometimes such safety measures are expensive, and railroad companies skimp on them or eliminate them. Thousands of railroad employees are hurt every year in the U.S. due wholly or in part to safety violations or other dangerous conditions that result in, for example:

• brain and spinal cord injuries
• back and shoulder injuries, and head and neck injuries
• permanent disability
• broken bones
• foot or leg injuries from working on ballast

A Complex Field of Law

FELA attorneys are, in effect, personal injury attorneys whose goal is to obtain fair compensation for their injured clients and families. However, FELA is specific to railroad workers, and it is not simply a "railroad version" of personal injury law. The case of a railroad worker who has been hurt or killed on the job is best handled not by an attorney who handles solely personal injury cases (or workers' compensation cases) but rather by a FELA attorney who knows this field of law in-depth.

Different from Workers' Compensation

For example, the Federal Employers' Liability Act is unlike workers' compensation in several ways:

• Workers' comp laws are state statutes; FELA is federal
• The requirements for receiving workers' comp benefits are much easier to meet than the requirements for FELA benefits. In fact, an injured railroad worker (via his or her attorney) must prove that the railroad was negligent — at least in part — for the injury or fatality
• When an injured railroad worker or his family is awarded FELA benefits, the compensation is often much greater than the benefits that would be provided by workers' compensation

Talk to a FELA Attorney in Your State

Whatever the circumstances of your injury (or your loved one's death), if it happened on the job at a railroad, a FELA attorney can help. For more information about how to pursue a FELA lawsuit, contact us today. You can get answers to all of your questions and learn about your legal rights under FELA.

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