Labor/Employment
May 4, 2010
Injured Worker Wins Judgment
Though he didn't work for the company, a private contractor recently won a nearly $4 million verdict against Union Pacific Railroad Company under a little-used legal provision within an unusual federal law giving railroad workers the right to sue their employers for personal injury damages.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Though he didn't work for the company, a private contractor recently won a nearly $4 million verdict against Union Pacific Railroad Company under a little-used legal provision in an unusual federal law giving railroad workers the right to sue their employers for personal injury damages.
The Riverside County jury in the case found Union Pacific liable for severe facial, torso...
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