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Carisa Oden Is Second Female Lawyer Ever Appointed as Designated Legal Counsel (DLC) for SMART-TD
Earlier this year, Carisa Oden, a founding partner of Poolson | Oden Injury Lawyers, was appointed as Designated Legal Counsel (DLC) for SMART-TD, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division. In this role, Oden becomes one of the lawyers that SMART-TD recommends to injured union workers and the families ...
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Paying Medical Bills after an On-Duty Railroad Injury
Immediately after going to the doctor, file for your railroad retirement board sickness benefits. As a railroad worker, you’re putting money into the railroad retirement board from every paycheck you get. Many of that is for retirement once you get your 20 or 30 years in. You can start drawing from that retirement plan with the ...
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Avoiding Railroad Injury Report Pitfalls
Should I fill out the personal injury report? YES, you need to fill out your injury report as soon as possible after your injury, as almost all railroads have rules that require their employees to fill this report out as close to the accident as possible. Ideally, you need to fill out the personal injury report ...
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Seven Steps To Do After An On-Duty Railroad Injury
Railroaders’ Steps After An On-Duty Injury The minute an injury happens, the Railroad circles the wagons and puts you on the other side of the tracks. They aim to control the evidence and the story of what happened to blame you. Use the following steps to protect you and your family: 1. Get medical attention ...
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On-Duty Railroad Injury: What To Do First
After an on-duty railroad accident, the most important thing to do is get the medical care you need from your doctors. You DO NOT have to see the railroad’s “doctor,” and you can pick the doctor of your choice. Seeing a company-chosen doctor can be one of the worst decisions you make regarding your claim. ...
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Local 15 LawCall
Bill Eiland of Eiland & Ritchie, LLC invited Poolson Oden Law Firm as expert guest attorneys on Local 15 LawCall. LawCall is a live, weekly, thirty-minute call-in show in Mobile, AL, on the air each Sunday at 10:30 PM, hosted by local Mobile, AL attorney Bill Eiland. Poolson | Oden took live phone calls from viewers pertaining to The Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) which is a U.S. federal law that was enacted in 1908 to protect and compensate railroad workers injured on the job.
CSX slapped by OSHA for whistleblower retaliation
CSX fired a worker in 2019 for reporting safety concerns. OSHA took CSX to the wood shed. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that CSX Transportation violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act and demonstrated a pattern of retaliation after firing a worker in December 2019 for reporting safety concerns.
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US Department of Labor orders CSX Transportation Inc. to pay workers who raised safety concerns nearly $222K in back wages and damages.
NEW ORLEANS – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that CSX Transportation violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act and demonstrated a pattern of retaliation after firing a worker in December 2019 for reporting safety concerns.
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OSHA: CSX employee fired for reporting safety concerns; Company must pay nearly $222K in damages and back wages
NEW ORLEANS – An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found that CSX Transportation violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act and demonstrated a pattern of retaliation after firing a worker in December 2019 for reporting safety concerns.