On March 26, 2024, Attorneys Nicole Bazzy and Jeffrey Jackson obtained summary judgment for a major railroad carrier in a chronic myeloid leukemia...
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Alexandersen & Olarczuk-Smith Win Appeal for Two Major Railroad Carriers
On March 22, 2024, the Sixth District Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for two major railroad carriers in a throat cancer case filed in...
Attorneys Damico & Sigurdson Obtain Dismissal on Behalf of Two Major Railroads
Attorneys David Damico and Richard Sigurdson obtained a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of two major railroads in a toxic tort case after years’...
Attorneys Lyda & Sigurdson Obtain Dismissal for Two Major Railroads
Attorneys T.H. Lyda and Richard Sigurdson obtained a dismissal for two major railroads with prejudice in a toxic tort case. One of the carriers was...
Attorneys Palmer, Perrache & Jones Obtain Summary Judgment for Major Railroad Carrier
On January 5, 2024, Attorneys Edwin Palmer, Lisa Perrache, and Melanie Jones obtained summary judgment for a major railroad carrier in a lawsuit...
Attorneys Alexandersen, Olarczuk-Smith & Seiler Obtain Summary Judgment for Two Railroad Carriers
On January 11, 2024, Attorneys Kevin Alexandersen, Holly Olarczuk-Smith, and Brooke Seiler obtained summary judgment for two major railroad carriers...
Attorneys Damico, Horvat & Sargent Obtain Dismissals for Two Railroad Clients in Pennsylvania
Attorneys David Damico, Patrick Horvat, and Amanda Sargent were successful in the dismissal of two (2) railroad clients in McKean County, PA. The...
Attorneys Damico & Olarczuk-Smith Win Appeal For Major Railroad Carrier
On August 17, 2023, the Eighth District Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for a major railroad carrier in a rectal cancer case filed in the...
Attorneys Jackson & Hubbard Obtain Summary Judgment for Two Railroad Clients
Attorneys Jeff Jackson and Latia Hubbard obtained summary judgment for two major railroad carriers in a bladder cancer case filed in Suffolk...
Attorneys Jackson & Sargent Obtain Summary Judgment for Railroad Client
Attorneys Jeff Jackson and Amanda Sargent obtained summary judgment for a major railroad carrier in a wrongful death colon cancer case filed in...
Attorneys Horvat, Jackson & Sargent Obtain Exclusion of Plaintiff Medical Expert and Dismissal of Case
Attorneys Pat Horvat, Amanda Sargent, and Jeff Jackson obtained a dismissal for a major railroad carrier in a bladder cancer case filed in the...
Attorneys Alexandersen & Olarczuk-Smith Obtain Summary Judgment for Two Railroad Carriers
Attorneys Kevin Alexandersen and Holly Olarczuk-Smith obtained a summary judgment motion for two major railroad carriers in a throat cancer case...
Attorneys Alexandersen & Mountcastle Receive Summary Judgment for Railroad Client
Attorneys Kevin Alexandersen and Colleen Mountcastle received a summary judgment granted by Judge Navarre of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas...
Alexandersen & Olarczuk-Smith Obtain Summary Judgment for Two Railroad Carriers
On November 3, 2022, Kevin Alexandersen and Holly Olarczuk-Smith obtained summary judgment for two major railroad carriers in a lymphoma case filed...
Key Doctrines to Raise in Defending FELA Cases
Article by Holly Olarczuk-Smith, Esq. The Federal Employers' Liability Act ("FELA") is a federal statute that provides a cause of action against a...
Damico & Olarczuk-Smith Obtain Summary Judgment for Railroad Carrier
Attorneys David Damico and Holly Olarczuk-Smith obtained summary judgment for a major railroad carrier in a rectal cancer case filed in the Cuyahoga...
Attorneys Damico, Olarczuk-Smith & Sigurdson Win Appeal for Two Railroad Carriers
On September 30, 2022, the Sixth District Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for two major railroad carriers in a respiratory disease case...
Supreme Court of Ohio Finds Anti-Blocking Statute is Federally Pre-Empted & Cannot be Enforced Against Railroad
Article by Colleen Mountcastle, Esq. In State v. CSX Transp., Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-2832, the Supreme Court of Ohio found that Ohio’s...
Premier Railroad Industry Thought Leader to Join Burns White’s Railroad Law Practice Group
Burns White announced today that J. Roy Nunn would join the firm on September 1, 2022 as Counsel in the Railroad Law practice group. Nunn joins...
Attorneys Jackson & Jewart Receive Defense Verdict in Philadelphia Railroad Cancer Lawsuit
Attorneys Jeffrey Jackson and Brandon Jewart obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a railroad client in an occupational cancer case in...
Attorneys Jackson & Sargent Obtain Summary Judgment in Cancer Case for Railroad Client in New York
In a matter that commenced in Albany, NY, attorneys Jeffrey Jackson and Amanda Sargent successfully defended a leukemia cancer claim asserted...
Attorney Jackson Receives Summary Judgment For Railroad Client
Attorney Jeffrey Jackson successfully obtained summary judgment and dismissed a case in the New York Supreme Court of Onondaga County. The court...
Attorney Palmer Secures Dismissal Of Personal Injury Case
Attorney Edwin Palmer successfully obtained dismissal of a personal injury claim for a client based on the failure to join an indispensable party....
Attorneys Damico, Donahoe, Podheiser & Jackson Obtain Victory For Railroad Client In PA Supreme Court
In December 2021, Attorneys David Damico, Daniel Donahoe, Ira Podheiser, and Jeffrey Jackson won before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for a...
Attorneys Damico, Sigurdson & Olarczuk-Smith Obtain Summary Judgment For Two Railroad Carriers
Attorneys David Damico, Richard Sigurdson, and Holly Olarczuk-Smith obtained a summary judgment motion for two major railroad carriers in a...
Attorneys Jackson & Sargent Obtain Summary Judgment For Railroad Carrier
Plaintiff dismissed a case filed in the Supreme Court of New York County after Attorneys Jeffrey Jackson and Amanda Sargent filed a motion for...
Attorneys Jackson, Sargent & Horvat Obtain Dismissal For Railroad Client
Plaintiff alleged he developed kidney cancer and Hodgkin’s lymphoma secondary to diesel exhaust and benzene exposure while working for a large...
Railroad Industry COVID-19 Whistleblower Update
Article by Jeffrey Jackson, Esq. The Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA) is a key piece of federal legislation for railroads and their employees....
Attorneys Damico & Bazzy Obtain Unanimous Defense Verdict For Railroad Defendant
Attorneys David A. Damico and Nicole E. Bazzy obtained a unanimous defense verdict in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County,...
Alexandersen & Olarczuk-Smith Obtain Summary Judgment For Two Railroad Carriers
Attorneys Kevin Alexandersen and Holly Olarczuk-Smith obtained a summary judgment motion for two major railroad carriers in an oropharynx cancer...