Message from John M. Cooper, Section ChairWelcome to the home page for the Railroad Law Section of AAJ.I hope that new and returning members of the Section will benefit from this site and their membership.
The Railroad Section is composed primarily of lawyers who represent railroad workers and others who suffer injuries involving the railroad industry. The section has FELA lawyers who sue railroads on behalf of workers who are hurt on the job under the Federal Lawyer’s Liability Act (these workers do not get Workers’ Compensation), and railroad grade-crossing lawyers who sue railroads which injure or kill motorists and others where tracks cross the roads. The Railroad Law Section works closely with the Railroad Highway Crossing and Derailment Litigation Group, which is chaired by Pam O’Dwyer of Tennessee.
My goals as Section Chair are to continue our successful seminars at the Annual Convention (July 2009 in San Diego, CA) by bringing in Rules of the Road author Pat Malone and to convince congress to pass more rail safety legislation. Last year, we successfully helped AAJ obtain a clarification related to preemption to keep state law causes of action alive in the crossing accident area.
I would be glad to hear your suggestions to improve the section. Thanks for your support of AAJ.
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