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Multi-Million Dollar FELA Verdict Reinstated: Limitations Was a Question for the Jury, Not the Judge

The Kansas Supreme Court recently reversed the Kansas Court of Appeals, and re-instated a three-plus million dollar jury verdict in favor of an injured BNSF Railway worker. It did so after finding that it was for the jury —...more

6/20/2019 / Appeals , Cause of Action Accrual , Claims Limitations Period , Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) , Jury Verdicts , KS Supreme Court , Reversal , Workplace Injury

Association of American Railroads: FELA awards may not be vacated unless “monstrously excessive.”

FELA plaintiffs have long pointed out that Congress placed FELA cases in the hand of juries “to the maximum extent proper.” Tiller v. Atl. Coast Line R. Co., 318 U.S. 54, 68 & n. 30 (1943). But how often to the railroads make...more

4/9/2019 / BNSF Railway , Compensation , Damages , Employer Liability Issues , Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) , Jury Verdicts , Workplace Injury

Pennsylvania Supreme Court gets a little help from its friends

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court clarified an important liability insurance issue the other day. Mut. Benefit Ins. Co. v. Politsopoulos, 2015 Pa. LEXIS 1126 (Pa. May 26, 2015) (exclusion for liability for injury to “[a]n...more

6/13/2015 / Amicus Briefs , Employer Liability Issues , Insurance Litigation , Insureds , Liability Insurance , PA Supreme Court , Workplace Injury

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