Outstanding Defense Verdict in a FELA Case
Not Guilty
Contractor injured in
railyard crash led to lumbar disc surgery
PLAINTIFF ASKED $8.5M
P laintiff operated a hostler truck to move trailers around a rail- yard. Plaintiff was an employee of a contractor to deft Union Pacific Railroad Company. Plaintiff was operating a hostler when he was struck by an oncoming hostler driven by another employee of the same contractor, which drifted to the left into Plaintiff. Plaintiff sus- tained a herniated disc that required back surgery and caused emo- tional distress. The defense successfully argued that the Plaintiff was not an employee under FELA and thus was not entitled to protection under the Act.
DEFENSE OFFER N/A
VERDICT Not Guilty
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