Additionally, we have Field Representatives/Investigators located in: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Bakersfield, Barstow, Fresno, The Bay Area, Las Vegas
A cumulative trauma claim under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act arises when a railroad worker sustains an injury that developed gradually over time as a result of repeated exposure to harmful working conditions that the employee is assigned to on the job. This can involve exposure to repetitive motions, excessive force vibrations, heavy lifting, awkward positions, walking over uneven surfaces etc, rather than there being one specific date of injury or one single identifiable incident.
Did you know that under the General Rules of most railroads, you are only required to fill out an accident report? You are NOT required, under the rules, to give the railroad claims agent either a written or tape recorded statement even though they may likely give you the impression that you are. The reason that the railroad and their claims agents are so eager to take a statement from you is that they are asking you questions posed originally by their attorneys for the sole purpose of severely weakening your case while bolstering their own.