The Lyon Firm is reviewing diesel exhaust injury claims for railroad workers nationwide. Many former employees have fallen ill after years of exposure to diesel and other toxic materials. Workers have reported past exposure to diesel fumes, asbestos, solvents, fuels, welding fumes, silica, and creosote. Even a small amount of occupational exposure can cause long-term health conditions, and chronic exposure can greatly raise the risk of later developing certain types of cancer.
Former Conrail workers suffering from a lung disease or a documented diesel-related cancer may be entitled to significant compensation for their losses. Contact a toxic exposure lawyer at (513) 381-2333 to begin reviewing your railroad injury claims.
What Can I Recover in a Railroad Cancer Settlement?
After years of hard work, former railroad employees deserve to be taken care of by their former employers. A wide range of damages in a railroad cancer lawsuit can be demanded, and which may be necessary to help cover significant, life-long medical costs. The following can be sought in your occupational cancer claim:
- Past, current, and future hospital bills and medical costs
- Coverage for related medication, surgery, and other treatments
- Treatment costs not covered by standard health insurance
- Expenses related to follow-up therapy and rehabilitation
- Lost wages (for when a worker must miss work due to an injury or a serious illness)
- Loss of future earnings (if a worker can no longer work due to their occupational illness)
- Pain and suffering costs
- Overall reduced quality of life
Each railroad injury case is unique and the size of your settlement will depend on the severity of your injuries, as well as the lawyer’s experience and ability to reach the maximum payout possible. Thus, it’s critical to hire an attorney who has proven success and has extensive experience handling railroad injury and diesel exposure cancer claims.
About Conrail
Conrail, otherwise known as the Consolidated Rail Corp., was born in the early 1970s with the economic hardships of the Penn Central, Central of New Jersey, Erie Lackawanna, Lehigh & Hudson River, Lehigh Valley, and Reading railroads.
The federal government essentially bailed out the railroads and reorganized them into one corporate entity in 1976. Twenty-two years later, after some better years, the Surface Transportation Board approved the division of Conrail between CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern.
Norfolk Southern Corporation and CSX Corporation agreed to acquire Conrail through a joint stock purchase. CSX and NS split most of the Conrail assets between them. Conrail still operates around 1,200 miles on behalf of CSX and NS, simply serving as a switching and terminal railroad, but they do not handle any real commercial matters.
In 1997, CSX acquired the former New York Central Railroad main line from New York City and Boston, Massachusetts, to Cleveland, Ohio, and the former Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway line to Indianapolis, Indiana (to East St. Louis, Illinois) on a former Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad.
Norfolk Southern was tasked with running the former Pennsylvania Railroad main line, the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad from Jersey City, New Jersey, to Cleveland, and the rest of the former NYC main line west to Chicago, Illinois.
