On November 1, 2024, attorneys Jeff Jackson, Patrick Horvat, and Amanda Sargent secured a dismissal of a FELA wrongful death cancer case with...
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Attorneys Jackson & Jewart Secure Unanimous Defense Verdict in Railroad Cancer Case
On November 1, 2024, attorneys Jeffrey Jackson and Brandon Jewart obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a toxic tort railroad cancer case in Wayne...
Attorneys Alexandersen & Olarczuk-Smith Win Appeal for Two Railroad Carriers
On October 17, 2024, the Eighth District Court of Appeals affirmed the exclusion of plaintiff’s medical causation expert and summary judgment for...
Attorney Kirkwood Secures Voluntary Discontinuance with Prejudice on Behalf of Class I Railroad
Attorney Corey Kirkwood secured a voluntary discontinuance with prejudice on behalf of a major Class 1 railroad in a personal injury case filed in...
Attorneys Lyda & Sigurdson Secure Voluntary Discontinuance with Prejudice on Behalf of Class I Railroad
Attorneys T.H. Lyda and Richard Sigurdson secured a discontinuance with prejudice and on the merits on behalf of a major Class 1 railroad in a lung...
Attorneys Jackson & Jewart Obtain Summary Judgment on Behalf of Class I Railroad Carrier
Attorneys Jeffrey Jackson and Brandon Jewart obtained a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a Class I railroad carrier in a Federal Employers’...
Attorneys Alexandersen & Olarczuk-Smith Obtain Summary Judgment for Railroad Carrier
Attorneys Kevin Alexandersen and Holly Olarczuk-Smith obtained a summary judgment for a major railroad carrier in a lung cancer case filed in...
Attorneys Palmer, Perrache & Jones Obtain Summary Judgment on Behalf of Class I Railroad Carrier
Attorneys Edwin Palmer, Lisa Perrache, and Melanie Jones successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of a Class I railroad carrier in a FELA...
Attorneys Damico & Sigurdson Secure Dismissal with Prejudice on Behalf of a Major Rail Carrier
Attorneys David Damico and Richard Sigurdson procured a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a major rail carrier in a FELA toxic tort case...
Attorney Mountcastle Secures Summary Judgment Ohio’s Sixth District Court of Appeals
The appellate court affirmed summary judgment in favor of major railroad finding the plaintiff’s FELA claim filed on Dec 19, 2019 was...
Attorneys Bazzy & Jackson Obtain Summary Judgment on Behalf of Major Railroad Carrier
On March 26, 2024, Attorneys Nicole Bazzy and Jeffrey Jackson obtained summary judgment for a major railroad carrier in a chronic myeloid leukemia...
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...