Railroad Worker (FELA)

Our veteran Illinois personal injury attorneys have tackled a number of testing cases involving injuries to railroad workers. Railroad employees are protected by the Federal Employee Liability Act. If you’ve been hurt on the job due to malfunctioning equipment or the carelessness or negligence of fellow workers or foremen, you can get money to pay for rehabilitation, lost wages, pain and suffering, and even psychological therapy.

When most of people think of railroad injuries, they conjure up images of people like Phineas Gage. Mr. Gage was a 19th century railroad worker who took a tamping iron through his skill after an ill-timed explosion went off. The spike completely pierced his brain, but amazingly it didn’t kill him. It did, however, alter his personality, changing him from an affable gentleman into a despondent aggressor.

But while some Chicago railroad injuries occur in a flash and result in acute devastation, not all do. Many rail workers get injured slowly, over the course of years of service. Strained backs, ligament and soft tissue damage, and exposure to industrial toxins, solvents, and particulate matter can all result in debilitating injuries that can knock even the stoutest men off the tracks and lead to the accumulation of massive medical bills, suffering and ultimately even death.

Fortunately, if you or a loved one is in need of a railroad accident attorney in Illinois, you can trust the dynamic team here at the Law Offices of Steven J. Malman & Associates. We have tackled over 6,000 cases of Illinois personal injury and worker’s compensation since we opened our doors in 1994. In addition to railroad accident cases, we have litigated and settled matters involving slip and falls, dog bites, police brutality, wrongful death, nursing home abuse and neglect, cerebral palsy, construction accidents, medical malpractice, and traumatic brain injuries. We provide a no-fee guarantee for our services. Thus, if we fail to collect a settlement or win a verdict for you in court, you pay nothing. We offer this guarantee to give you peace of mind and to motivate our attorneys to fight as hard as possible on your behalf. (If we don’t win, we don’t get paid.)

Phone our compassionate, aggressive IL personal injury lawyers now at 1-888-625-6265, or e-mail info@malmanlaw.com. Whether you want to launch a class action against your railroad employer or wrangle an insurer who has a history of acting in bad faith, count on us to battle for your rights. We have the resources, and we do whatever it takes.

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  • $1,225,000 settlement for a speedway patron who got hit by a baseball-sized rock kicked up by a race car. The rock hit her so hard, she needed an emergency tracheostomy and brain surgery.

  • $6,000,000 settlement for our client, a 4 month old baby whose doctors had failed to diagnose a brain infection that left her with permanent brain damage and cerebral palsy.

  • $11,800,000.00 in a product liability settlement for a father of five who tragically died when his tire treads failed, causing his vehicle to roll over.

  • We obtained a $5 million settlement for a woman whose son died when his physician failed to diagnose a tumor.

  • A woman recovered $2.25 million in a medical malpractice case, in which the woman's obstetrician/gynecologist failed to spot her cancer on a pap smear, causing our client to have to undergo multiple, surgeries.

  • A $2 million verdict was obtained for a woman whose Ob/Gyn failed to refer her to a gynecologist to treat what turned out to be a malignant uterine sarcoma.

  • We obtained a $1.7 million settlement in a nursing home neglect case in which a 72 year-old man suffered radiator burns so severe that he had to have his legs amputated.

  • We obtained a $1.4 million award in a slip and fall case involving a 13 year-old boy who developed severe hip trouble after falling down the stairs of his high-rise.

  • A $1.25 million settlement in favor of our client, an 18 year-old boy who lost most of his vision after being assaulted by a security guard.

  • We obtained a $1.15 million settlement for our client, a little girl who suffered severed burns as a direct result of fire code ordinance violations.

  • A union painter whose legs got crushed by a forklift recovered $1 million in damages.

  • A $1 million settlement in favor of our client, a hemophiliac, who suffered severe soft tissue damage in a car accident.

  • A union steel worker who injured his back moving a 300 pound steel beam in the rain recovered $1 million for his construction site work injury.

  • We obtained a $900,000 settlement in the case of a beaten prison inmate who died after being given the wrong medication at the hospital.

  • We obtained a $600,000 settlement for a man who suffered a below the knee amputation after his friend accidentally shot him with a hunting rifle at a restaurant.

  • A 54 year-old woman recovered $600,000 in a product liability settlement after her oven mitt exploded and severely burned her breasts.

  • A woman who had lost her baby to fetal distress while in the hospital was awarded $500,000 for medical malpractice.

  • An 81 year-old bedridden stroke victim recovered $390,000 after he developed what would turn out to be fatal pressure ulcers stemming from negligent nursing care.

  • A nursing home resident won a settlement of $300,000 stemming from a hip fracture accident. His nursing staff had failed to take proper fall-risk precautions.

  • We obtained a settlement of $250,000 for the estate of a 21 year-old man who, after sustaining life-threatening injuries in an automobile accident, subsequently died in the hospital due to the staff's failure to insert a chest tube.

  • We obtained a settlement of $175,000 for the estate of a woman whose negligent nursing home care resulted in bed sore ulcers that led to an infection that ultimately caused her death.

  • We obtained a $150,000 settlement for a 69 year-old stroke victim who had to have an above the knee amputation due to nursing home neglect.

  • A $150,000 verdict was recovered for the estate of a 79 year-old man, who suffered bed sores stemming from nursing home neglect that ultimately contributed to his death.

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205 W. Randolph St., Suite 610
Chicago, Illinois 60606

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