News & Calendar
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joins With
Other Judges to Affirm $750,000 Verdict
For CSX Engineer in West Virginia
On April 23, 2008, Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor joined two other judges from the
United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in affirming a
$750,000 verdict in favor of Mark Benson, a CSX engineer who
suffered a chemical inhalation injury. The appeal followed a
contentious trial where CSX denied that it was negligent and
contended that Benson's slight exposure to hydrochloric acid
vapor was too small to cause lung damage. CSX spent nearly
$50,000 on "experts" who were called to
support CSX's claims. »Read More
Hunegs, LeNeave & Kvas Win $628,000
Verdict For CSX Maintenance of Way Mechanic
On December 7, 2006, a jury in Syracuse, New York awarded $628,000 to Clifford "Randy" Graham, in a claim under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. The verdict followed a week long trial and a three year legal battle that included one appeal by CSX even before the trial began. »Read More
HLK FELA Attorney
William Kvas Obtains
$700,000 Verdict for CSX Engineer
On January 20, 2005, a Cabell County Jury in Huntington, West Virginia awarded $700,000 to Steven Miller, a CSX engineer, in a claim under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. Miller, who suffered bronchiolitis from a 10 minute exposure to diesel exhaust, claimed that poor locomotive maintenance caused his injury. CSX denied responsibility and tried to blame the injury on a pre-existing condition. »Read More
HLK FELA Attorney Obtains
$300,000
Verdict for BNSF Fireman & Oiler
On May 13, 2005, a jury in Denver, Colorado awarded over $300,000 to Steven Hopp, a laborer, in a claim under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. Hopp sustained neck and back injuries when he struck sand piles in the middle of a roadway. The accident occurred near the BNSF Alliance Facility. The railroad denied it was responsible and claimed that the accident occurred on an abandoned state highway and the sand piles had been dumped by the state of Nebraska. »Read More
HLK Obtains $668,100
Verdict
For Union
Pacific
Conductor
Exposed to Diesel
Exhaust
On October 27, 2005, a Douglas County jury in Omaha,
Nebraska awarded $668,100 to Albert Kanyer, a Union
Pacific conductor from Las Vegas, Nevada, in a claim
under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. The jury
deliberated over four days, before rendering the verdict
which ended a long trial. Kanyer a 32-year railroad
veteran, was disabled and alleged that exposure to
diesel exhaust contributed to his disability. Union
Pacific denied any responsibility. »Read More Hunegs The result was predictable. Rails tend to shrink and
pull apart at locations where it is cracked or damaged when
a train crosses over a weak spot. The lawyers at HLK worked
diligently to prove what they knew from years of experience.
The result was a record setting confidential settlement for
the conductor on the crew and other multi-million dollar
settlements for other seriously injured clients of HLK.
Attorney and Designated Counsel Cortney S. LeNeave
prosecuted the claim of the conductor and numerous other
plaintiffs along with the help from the attorneys and staff
of HLK.
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