FELA

Jan 2, 2026

Railroad cancer death verdict nets $21.8M under FELA

A plaintiff’s attorney representing the widow of a railroad worker who died after a 38-year career with Norfolk Southern obtained a seven-figure verdict in a FELA action saying his death was partially caused by the company.

Jun 19, 2025

Missouri Supreme Court vacates part of $12M verdict in Kansas City Southern case

The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed in part and vacated in part and remanded a lower court’s judgment in a railroad employee’s suit against his employer after he was injured at work.

Apr 8, 2025

Western District reverses, remands, woman’s wrongful death suit against railroad

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, reversed and remanded a lower court’s decision in favor of the defendant — Soo Line Railroad Company — after determining the lower court erred when it presented the testimony of a physician before the jury who was not listed as an expert witness.

Oct 14, 2019

Negligence: FELA-Jury Instructions-Negligence Per Se

Where a former locomotive engineer claimed that the railroad was negligent for providing loose cab seats that failed to protect him from excessive shock and jarring, which resulted in significant […]

Nov 7, 2018

BNSF mostly at fault for worker’s injury, jury finds

A Greene County jury has awarded more than $5 million to a 44-year-old former railroad worker injured in a 2015 fall at a Springfield rail yard. The 10 jurors deemed […]

Jun 6, 2018

Negligence : FELA – Statute Of Limitations – Continuous Exposure

Griffin v. Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad Corporation (MLW No. 71704/Case No. WD80981 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.)

Jun 5, 2018

Negligence : FELA – Causation – Cumulative Injury

Ackman v. Union Pacific Railroad Company (MLW No. 71708/Case No. ED105794 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Quigless, J.)

Aug 18, 2017

Negligence : FELA – Statute Of Limitations

White v. Union Pacific Railroad Company (MLW No. 70895/Case No. 16-1958 – 8 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Smith, J.)

Aug 9, 2017

Negligence : FELA – Retaliation

Loos v. BNSF Railway Company (MLW No. 70853/Case No. 15-3355 – 20 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.)

May 26, 2017

Negligence : FELA – Employee

Royal v. Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad Company, Inc. (MLW No. 70561/Case No. 16-3687 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.)

May 16, 2017

Negligence : FELA – Affirmative Defense – Failure To Mitigate

Curl v. BNSF Railway Co. (MLW No. 70537/Case No. WD79591 – 18 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Howard, J.)

Mar 1, 2017

Civil Practice : FELA – Personal Jurisdiction – Corporate Registration

State ex rel. Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Dolan (MLW No. 70240/Case No. SC95514 – 19 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Stith, J.; Breckenridge, C.J., Fischer, Draper, Wilson and Russell, JJ., concur)