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Work-Related InjuryOur attorneys pursue even the most difficult personal injury cases, which often result in groundbreaking and precedent-setting results.
Our practice has proven that short-line railroads are covered by FELA, railroad workers who return to work after injury should recover for future lost earning capacity, and employees should be protected from retaliatory action after company ordered medical exams and disciplinary investigations.
In Illinois, we have earned some of the largest worker’s compensation settlements, and recovered from the Illinois Guaranty Fund and other sources when insurance companies went bankrupt.
In Missouri, we sought maximum recovery against the Missouri Second Injury fund to protect our clients’ worker’s compensation claims.
These are only a few ways in which our firm seeks to protect the rights of the injured. To learn more, browse our case results below.
Head Injury Cases
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$ 2,100,000 |
Personal Injury – trash collector injured in fall from truck / traumatic brain injury / settlement |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 1,000,000 |
Personal Injury – store patron knocked down by delivery man pushing loaded dolly / aggravation of pre-existing Chiari Malformation |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 300,000 |
Missouri Worker’s Compensation – worker fell off roof / head and neck injuries |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 195,000 |
Car Accident – closed head injuries / policy limits |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 150,000 |
Car Accident – other driver crossed center line / head and face injuries / settled for multiple policy limits |
Belleville, Illinois |
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$ 150,000 |
Products Liability – Garage Mechanic v. Pneumatic Lift Company / minor head injuries |
Salem, Illinois |
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$ 90,736 |
Illinois Worker’s Compensation – plumber injured when ditch collapsed / head injuries / returned to work |
Springfield, Illinois |
Amputation Cases
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$ 2,400,000 |
Personal Injury – Brakeman v. Shortline Railroad / riding end of car to protect crossing and fell under car / amputation |
Sioux Falls, S. Dakota |
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$ 750,000 |
Personal Injury – Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad / foot caught when stepping on coupling mechanism / amputation |
Dupo, Illinois |
Trucking Accidents
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$ 2,100,000 |
Personal Injury – trash collector injured in fall from truck / traumatic brain injury / settlement |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 2,000,000 |
Wrongful Death – truck hit and killed mother / settlement |
Madison County, Illinois |
| $ 290,000 | Car Accident – auto hit by Roofing Truck / Neck Injuries | Little Rock, Arkansas |
|
$ 225,000 |
Trucking Accident – semi tractor trailer rear-ended client's semi tractor trailer at low speed / knee and shoulder injuries |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 200,000 |
Truck Accident – Independent Contractor v. Trucking Co. / shoulder injuries |
St. Louis, Missouri |
| $ 175,000 | Forklift Truck Accident – pedestrian struck by forklift speeding downhill | St. Louis, Missouri |
Products Liability
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$ 1,400,000 |
Medical Malpractice / Products Liability – girl trapped in dangerous hospital bed / suffocation |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
$ 450,000 |
Products Liability – Aircraft Mechanic v. Tug Manufacturer / crushing injury to leg |
Houston, Texas |
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$ 375,000 |
Products Liability – defective chair with broken welds at base tipped over / knee replacement |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
$ 160,000 |
Product Liability – Mobile Home Owner v. Travel-Line Enterprises, Inc. / pop-out collapsed / knee injuries |
Edwardsville, Illinois |
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$ 150,000 |
Products Liability – Garage Mechanic v. Pneumatic Lift Company / minor head injuries |
Salem, Illinois |
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$ 120,000 |
Products Liability – aluminum step ladder collapsed / back injuries |
Belleville, Illinois |
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$ 80,000 |
Products Liability – factory worker injured when foot caught in conveyor belt / still working |
Galesburg, Illinois |
Medical Malpractice
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$ 1,400,000 |
Medical Malpractice / Products Liability–girl trapped in dangerous hospital bed / suffocation |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 875,000 |
AIDS – Medical Malpractice–defective blood transfusion from blood bank |
St. Louis, Missouri |
| $200,000 | Medical Malpractice – negligent childbirth delivery | Illinois |
Premises Liability
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$ 1,000,000 |
Personal Injury – store patron knocked down by delivery man pushing loaded dolly / aggravation of pre-existing Chiari Malformation |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 305,000 |
Premises Liability – man employed by company hired to remove paint waste slipped on pipe left in walkway / back injuries / no surgery |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 250,000 |
Premises Liability – trespasser on railroad tracks / leg and wrist injuries |
Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 175,000 |
Premises Liability – Pipefitter v. Union Electric / contractor employee hit by forklift / back Injuries / returned to work / settlement |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 150,000 |
Premises Liability – Third Party Contractor v. Shell Oil Company / slipped while getting into own truck |
East St. Louis, Illinois |
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$ 102,500 |
Personal Injury – Grocery Worker v. Distributing Company/ Slipped on Water in Front of Bagged Ice Freezer/ Knee Injuries |
Centralia, Illinois |
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$ 75,158 |
Premises Liability – intoxicated bar patron tripped on carpeting / broken arm |
Chicago, Illinois |
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$ 74,000 |
Premises Liability – Guest v. Collinsville Hilton / elderly woman tripped on curb / broken ankle |
Edwardsville, Illinois |
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$ 54,895 |
Premises Liability – bar patron slipped in bathroom / back injuries / jury verdict |
Salem, Illinois |
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$ 45,000 |
Premises Liability – patron injured when slipped on ice at car wash / broken ankle injuries |
St. Louis County, Missouri |
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$ 40,000 |
Premises Liability – fall on ice in hospital parking lot / broken leg and fibromyalgia |
Alton, Illinois |
Crossing Accidents
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$2,400,000 |
Brakeman v. Shortline Railroad – riding end of car to protect crossing and fell under car / amputation |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
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$ 600,000 |
Amtrak Engineer v. Underinsured Motorist Policy – post-traumatic stress disorder caused when vehicle drove around crossing gates |
Michigan |
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$ 300,000 |
Emotional Distress – trespasser on tracks hit by train, son witnessed death and suffered emotional distress / jury verdict |
East St. Louis, Illinois |
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$ 42,000 |
Railroad Crossing Accident – defective signals |
Little Rock, Arkansas |
River Workers – Jones Act
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$ 1,100,000 |
Jones Act – Barge Unloader v. American Milling Co. / back injuries while operating crane / verdict |
Alton, Illinois |
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$ 400,000 |
Jones Act – Barge Worker v. Eagle-Marine Industries / fell overboard / back and leg injuries / jury verdict |
Belleville, Illinois |
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$ 375,000 |
Jones Act – Barge Worker v. American Commercial Barge Line / hit in face with pole |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 287,000 |
Jones Act – Deckhand v. Jefferson Barracks Marine Service, Inc. / back injuries from lifing a water pump |
Belleville, Illinois |
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$ 212,500 |
Jones Act – Deckhand v. ACBL / leg injuries / still working |
Ohio |
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$ 100,000 |
Jones Act – Barge Worker v. Jemco Towing Co. / hit in shoulder / returned to work |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 90,000
|
Jones Act – Deckhand v. Ingram/ knee injury from fall off ladder |
Columbia, Missouri |
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$ 75,000 |
Jones Act – Deckhand v. Ingram / repetitive elbow injuries |
Belleville, Illinois |
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$ 60,000 |
Jones Act – Security Guard v. Alton Belle Casino / fell while in John boat in ’93 flood / left arm & elbow injuries / settlement |
Edwardsville, Illinois |
Railroad Employees - FELA
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$2,400,000 |
Brakeman v. Shortline Railroad – riding end of car to protect crossing and fell under car / amputation |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
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$ 900,000 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad – fell in a hopper from homemade scaffolding / back injuries |
De Soto, Missouri |
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$ 800,000 |
Engineer v. Union Pacific Railroad – slipped on oil and fell off locomotive / neck injuries / verdict |
North Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 750,180 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad – repetitive use of heavy huck gun / neck injuries |
De Soto, Missouri |
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$ 750,000 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad – foot caught in coupling mechanism / amputation |
Dupo, Illinois |
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$ 625,000 |
Machinist v. Burlington Northern – repetitive trauma stooping, squatting / knee injuries |
W. Burlington, Iowa |
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$ 600,000 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad – crane box fell on head / back injuries |
De Soto, Missouri |
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$ 600,000 |
Switchman v. Alton & Southern Railroad – twisted knee while coupling car / set aside prior settlement release |
East St. Louis, Illinois |
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$ 600,000 |
Engineer v. Underinsured Motorist Policy – Amtrak train hit auto that ignored signals / post-traumatic stress disorder; engineer’s underinsured auto insurance paid settlement |
Howell, Michigan |
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$ 597,500 |
Carman v. Burlington Northern – chasing after runaway car, tripped on ballast / Back injuries |
Galesburg, Illinois |
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$ 500,000 |
Engineer v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad – collision / neck and back injuries |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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$ 500,000 |
Engineer v. Cottonbelt / Union Pacific – train collision with rear-end of locomotive / back strain, no surgery |
Houston, Texas |
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$ 500,000 |
Engineer v. Amtrak – defective cab seat broke from pedestal back injuries / settlement |
Chicago, Illinois |
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$ 500,000 |
Machinist v. Alton & Southern – exposure to diesel fumes, welding, inhalation injuries / cancer / smoker |
East St. Louis, Illinois |
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$ 500,000 |
Engineer v. Burlington Northern – toilet exploded / back and knee injuries, no surgery |
Kansas City, Missouri |
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$ 475,000 |
Machinist v. Burlington Northern Railroad – lifting injury poor ergonomics / shoulder & back injuries |
Galesburg, Illinois |
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$ 450,000 |
Sheet Metal Worker v. Union Pacific – slipped on soap / knee injuries |
N. Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 450,000 |
Engineer v. Burlington Northern – slipped on oil, railroad alleged it was his duty to inspect & discover / back injuries |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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$ 450,000 |
Electrician v. Chicago & Northwestern – pulling cable in confined space / back & knee injuries |
Chicago, Illinois |
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$ 425,000 |
F & O Crane Operator v. Union Pacific – missed a step / leg and foot injuries / settlement |
De Soto, Missouri |
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$ 425,000 |
Machinist v. Burlington Northern Railroad – poor ergonomics / back injuries |
Galesburg, Illinois |
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$ 412,500 |
Machinist v. Burlington Northern Railroad – loose object fell on him / neck and shoulder Injuries |
West Burlington, Iowa |
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$ 400,000 |
Engineer v. Southern Pacific Railroad – while being transported in third party van, fell from step / back injuries |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 400,000 |
Electrician v. Burlington Northern Railroad – derailment prior settlement for back injuries / jury verdict |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 400,000 |
Machinist v. Burlington Northern Railroad – back injuries |
W. Burlington, Iowa |
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$ 387,500 |
Machinist v. Burlington Northern Railroad – repetitive trauma / knee injuries |
W. Burlington, Iowa |
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$ 386,000 |
Sheet Metal Worker Pipefitter v. Burlington – repetitive trauma / ankle, foot and back injuries |
Galesburg, Illinois |
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$ 375,000 |
Carman v. Burlington Northern Railroad – negligent work assignment / back injuries |
Galesburg, Illinois |
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$ 375,000 |
Engineer v. Union Pacific Railroad – rough seat, repetitive trauma / back injuries |
Kansas City, Missouri |
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$ 363,000 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad – repetitive shoulder injury |
Desoto, Missouri |
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$ 350,000 |
Switchman v. Alton & Southern Railroad – tripped in yard / sprained back injuries |
East St. Louis, Illinois |
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$ 340,598 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad – back injuries / settlement |
DeSoto, Missouri |
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$ 337,500 |
Carman v Union Pacific Railroad – lifting frog / back injuries |
Poplar Bluff, Missouri |
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$ 332,500 |
Carman v. CSX Transportation – walking on large main-line ballast, repetitive trauma / ankle injuries |
Lexington, Kentucky |
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$ 325,000 |
Electrician v. Burlington Northern – fell down steps / back injuries, no surgery |
Quapaw, Oklahoma |
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$ 320,000 |
Carman v. Burlington Northern – pinned between truck & railcar / sprained back, no surgery |
Keokuk, Iowa |
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$ 310,000 |
Carman v. Norfolk and Western – repetitive mounting & dismounting off forklift / back injuries |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 300,000 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad – repetitive upper extremity injuries from awkward work |
Dupo, Illinois |
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$ 300,000 |
Conductor v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad – repetitive trauma walking on ballast / ankle injuries |
Champaign, Illinois |
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$ 300,000 |
Worker v. Manufacturers Railway – Anheuser Busch train / knee injuries |
St. Louis, Missouri |
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$ 300,000 |
Carman v. Burlington Northern Railroad – twisting injury / knee injuries |
Galesburg, Illinois |
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$ 300,000 |
Conductor v. Illinois Central Gulf – negligent assignment / leg & foot injuries |
Danville, Illinois |
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$ 300,000 |
Machinist v. Burlington Northern – welding inhalation injuries / shop closed |
W. Burlington, Iowa |
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$ 300,000 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad – repetitive shoulder injuries |
Desoto, Missouri |
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$ 300,000 |
Electrician v. Burlington Northern Railroad – back injuries |
W. Burlington, Iowa |
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$ 300,000 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad – back injuries |
Desoto, Missouri |
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$ 300,000 |
Engineer v. Chicago, Central & Pacific – hit grain cars fouling main line / back injuries - no surgery |
Waterloo, Iowa |
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$ 290,000 |
Sheet Metal Worker v. Burlington Northern – pulling a hose that got caught / back strain |
Galesburg, Illinois |
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$ 275,000 |
Carman v. Missouri Pacific Railroad – found dead on tracks, railroad tried to prove suicide / verdict |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
$ 275,000 |
Boilermaker v. Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe – hurt head, eyes |
Oklahoma City, OK |
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$ 275,000 |
Train Service v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad – injured on caboose / back injuries |
Lincoln, Illinois |
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$ 270,000 |
Boilermaker v. Union Pacific Railroad – inhalation injuries from welding, diesel fumes, chemicals |
N. Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 270,000 |
Brakeman v. Norfolk & Southern Railroad – slipped on oil / elbow and wrist injuries |
Centralia, Illinois |
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$ 262,500 |
Carman v. Burlington Northern - cleaning up derailment, slipped & fell / shoulder injuries / jury verdict |
Duluth, Minnesota |
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$ 260,000 |
Sheet Metal Worker v. Union Pacific Railroad – repetitive upper extremity injuries |
N. Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 250,000 |
Conductor v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad – inhalation injuries working on coal trains |
Champaign, Illinois |
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$ 250,000 |
Carman v. Burlington Northern – inhalation injuries |
Galesburg, Illinois |
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$ 250,000 |
Machinist v. Union Pacific Railroad – repetitive trauma injuries - awkward positions / back and carpal tunnel syndrome / no surgery |
N. Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 240,000 |
Electrician v. Union Pacific Railroad – repetitive trauma neck injuries from wearing hard hats / no surgery |
N. Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 237,500 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad – injuries closing railcar door / back injuries / in-service |
Desoto, Missouri |
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$ 228,000 |
Machinist v. Union Pacific Railroad – injured shoulder repairing locomotive fan
|
N. Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 225,690 |
Carman v. Chicago, Illinois & Midland – fell off a step ladder / broken ankle |
Springfield, Illinois |
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$ 225,000 |
Carman v. CSX Transportation Company – knee injuries from walking on oversize ballast |
Irvine, Kentucky |
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$ 225,000 |
Supervisor v. KCS Railway Company – slipped on oil / leg injuries |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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$ 201,000 |
Machinist v. Union Pacific Railroad – exposure to chemicals contributed to cause cancer / smoker |
N. Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 200,000 |
Brakeman v. B & O Railroad Company – back strain injuries |
East St. Louis, Illinois |
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$ 187,500 |
Carman v. Chicago & North Western Transportation – knee injuries / jury verdict / in service |
Chicago, Illinois |
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$ 175,000 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad Company – injured calf muscle fixing sill step |
Desoto, Missouri |
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$ 169,500 |
Switchman v. Kansas City Southern – repetitive trauma from switching / neck pain / no surgery |
Shreveport, Louisiana |
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$ 150,000 |
Machinist v. Union Pacific Railroad – repetitive trauma climbing on and off wheel truck / knee injuries / in service |
N. Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 149,000 |
Clerk v. Illinois Central Railroad – excessive overtime, typing carpal tunnel syndrome / no surgery |
Decatur, Illinois |
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$ 145,000 |
Machinist v. Union Pacific Railroad – slipped on ice / elbow surgery / in service |
N. Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 119,800 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad – repetitive shoulder injury / in service |
Desoto, Missouri |
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$ 100,000 |
Electrician v. Union Pacific Railroad – repetitive upper extremity injuries / in service |
N. Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 100,000 |
Foreman v. Burlington Northern – emotional distress from superiors’ abusive conduct |
Galesburg, Illinois |
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$ 75,000 |
Clerk v. Union Pacific Railroad – emotional distress / from menacing co-workers threatening her |
N. Little Rock, Arkansas |
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$ 50,000 |
Carman v. Union Pacific Railroad – heart attack on the job |
Centralia, Illinois |
Workers Compensation
|
$ 300,000 |
Missouri Worker’s Compensation – worker fell off roof / head and neck injuries |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
$ 220,000 |
Illinois Worker’s Compensation – worker fell 30 feet off telephone pole / hip and knee injuries |
Galesburg, Illinois |
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$ 193,193 |
Illinois Worker’s Compensation - Crane Operator v. Sangamo Construction / back injuries / Local 520 operating engineers |
Alton, Illinois |
|
$ 115,000 |
Retaliatory Discharge – employee fired for filing worker’s compensation claim
|
Fairview Heights, Illinois |
|
$ 103,500 + |
Missouri Worker’s Compensation – train motor repair worker injured when crane broke / back surgery |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
$ 90,736 |
Illinois Worker’s Compensation – plumber injured when ditch collapsed / head injuries / returned to work |
Springfield, Illinois |
| $ 90,000 | Worker’s Compensation – contract employee fell through hole in floor during construction / back injuries | Illinois |
|
$ 85,000 |
Illinois Worker’s Compensation – plasterer had epileptic seizure and fell from scaffolding / back injuries |
Belleville, Illinois |
|
$ 76,000
|
Illinois Worker’s Compensation – trucking employee settlement, plus waiver of lien against proceeds of lawsuit |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
$ 63,000 + |
Illinois Worker’s Compensation – slip in truck |
Carlyle, Illinois |
|
$ 57,000
|
Missouri Worker’s Compensation – fall onto scaffolding, arm injuries |
Festus, Missouri |
|
$ 53,000 |
Illinois Worker’s Compensation - repetitive knee injuries working printing press |
Mt. Vernon, Illinois |
|
$ 60,000 |
Illinois Worker’s Compensation – Sales Clerk v. City / shoulder injuries / fell and slid under dressing room door |
Collinsville, Illinois |
|
$ 50,000 |
Missouri Worker’s Compensation – Plant Worker v. GST Steel / back injuries |
Kansas City, Missouri |
|
$ 42,500 |
Illinois Worker’s Compensation – Factory Line Worker v. B-Line Systems / carpal tunnel syndrome |
Carlyle, Illinois |
Personal Injury
|
$ 2,000,000 |
Wrongful Death – truck hit and killed mother / settlement |
Madison County, Illinois |
|
$ 1,600,000 |
Motorcycle Accident Wrongful Death – car crossed center line killing passenger on motorcycle / verdict |
Jerseyville, Illinois |
|
$ 1,000,000 |
Personal Injury – woman knocked over by dolly / settlement |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
$305,000 |
Personal Injury – chemical waste recovery worker slipped on loose pipe on floor of plant / back injuries |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
$ 300,000 |
Car Accident – passenger in car that hit telephone pole / lung and breast injuries / settlement for policy limits |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
$ 300,000 |
Construction Accident – worker sued elevator shaft construction company after elevator fell five stories |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
$ 290,000 |
Car Accident – auto hit by roofing truck / neck injuries |
Little Rock, Arkansas |
|
$ 250,000 |
Construction Accident – Oiler v. Trucking & Excavation Co. / minor electrical shock to leg, foot & back / Local 520 operating engineers / jury verdict |
Belleville, Illinois |
|
$ 227,500 |
All-Terrain Vehicle Accident – off-road collision between four-wheelers / fractured leg |
Belleville, Illinois |
|
$ 213,900 |
Construction Accident – Worker v. Village of Sauget / slipped on freshly poured concrete / back injuries |
Belleville, Illinois |
|
$ 212,500 |
Demolition Accident – Worker v. Phillips Petroleum Co. / fell when storage tank collapsed / ankle, foot and back injuries |
Edwardsville, Illinois |
|
$ 195,000 |
Car Accident – closed head injuries / policy limits |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
$ 150,000 |
Motorcycle Accident – motorcycle driver hit by car / broken leg |
Troy, Illinois |
|
$ 150,000 |
Car Accident – other driver crossed center line / head and face injuries / settled for multiple policy limits |
Belleville, Illinois |
|
$ 140,000 |
Pedestrian Accident – Holiday Inn van struck person loading bags in car at airport / knee injuries |
Springfield, Missouri |
|
$ 135,000 |
Car Accident – broken leg injuries |
Peoria, Illinois |
|
$ 102,500 |
Personal Injury – Grocery Worker v. Distributing Company / slipped on water in front of bagged ice freezer / knee injuries |
Centralia, Illinois |
|
$ 100,000 |
Food Poisoning Injury – customer ate cooked chicken from grocery store / broken nose, teeth when fainted from dehydration |
St. Louis, Missouri |
|
$100,000 |
Car Accident – knee and hip injuries / settlement for policy limits |
Nashville, Illinois |
|
$ 80,000 |
Car Accident – rear-ended on ice / soft tissue injuries with chiropractic treatment |
Vandalia, Illinois |
|
$ 80,000 |
Race Track Accident – Drag Racer v. Speedway / failed to stop race in rain / injuries to hand |
Madison, Illinois |
|
$ 57,058 |
Personal Injury – Contractor Employee v. Power Company / electrical burns / arm came in contact with live power line |
Hondo, Texas |
|
$ 50,000 |
Car Accident – lung injuries |
Mt. Vernon, IL |
|
$ 50,000 |
Car Accident – hit by prison van / shoulder injuries |
Carlyle, Illinois |
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