railroad worker injury News

New York Railroad Workers Charged in $1 Billion Disability Claims Fraud

U.S. prosecutors charged 11 people Thursday in connection with an alleged $1 billion fraud involving hundreds of railroad workers filing false disability claims. In some cases, workers claimed they were unable to work even while they played golf, shoveled snow …

South Dakota Court Upholds Damages for Injured Railroad Worker

The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a jury’s decision to award $300,000 in damages to a Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad employee who was injured on the job. Donald Jacobs fractured his elbow and hurt his shoulder in January …