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Diesel exhaust fumes health and safety issues have been pushed to the forefront of health news by passage of new U.S. governmental regulations pertaining to railroad locomotive engines and other...

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The author has been exploring health and safety issues relating to diesel exhaust fume asthma and pollution and personal health and safety, especially in the railroad industry In reviewing several...

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Have you stopped to ask yourself what do humorous cavemen in the modern world have to do with how you decide to go with one insurance company over another? What do funny cavemen have to do with...

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By: Rick Shapiro, Attorney Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton Law Firm focus on Federal Regulations and Railroad. Historical Knowledge of Health Dangers. There is a growing body of evidence that long-term railroad worker exposure to diesel exhaust fumes can lead to a condition called diesel asthma; a form of COPD, and additional evidence shows an increased incidence of lung cancer rates among such workers.

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This article discusses railroad worker long term diesel exhaust fume lung disorders, as well as medical studies relating to diesel fume lung diseases and lung cancers, and another related article in this series covers new federal regulations that are clamping down on excessive railroad locomotive engine diesel fumes, as well as historical railroad knowledge of diesel exhaust lung disease legal cases.

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Also, when a railroad claims there is "no need" for an ergonomic assessment of a railroad worker job or task which has caused numerous injuries, showing the 1991 CSX ergonomic study of electricians totally refutes such nonsense.What does ergnonomics have to do with railroad worker injuries involving heavy lifting or even repetive stress injuries? Alot, and even the railroads held seminars in...

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Authored By: Richard N. ShapiroIf you are involved in an accident in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake or anywhere else, choose your lawyer wisely. A lawsuit is a stressful experience by anyone's account. As the client, you should find comfort in knowing that your case is in good hands. Far too often, clients tell me that they meet with an attorney originally and then never see that...

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There is a famous classic rock song entitled "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" and in my practice as a personal injury lawyer for victims we deal every week with dirty, dastardly deeds (not done dirt cheap) by defense lawyers fighting our personal injury clients' cases. We deal with several large corporations or railroads that find themselves sued for personal injury often. They usually don't...

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Authored By: James C. LewisIt has long been known that medical mistakes that occur in our hospitals resulting in personal injuries frequently go unreported. In a recent investigation by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAHO) this continued problem with medical mistakes was highlighted in a prominent and well know hospital in the northeastern United States with a...

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Authored by: Randall AppletonMany courts throughout the country are utilizing court ordered mediation as an alternative dispute resolution tool to assist parties in resolving cases prior to jury trials. Although the procedure varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction (primarily in the timing of the mediation conference in the litigation process) the format is relatively consistent. Of course,...

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