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In 1908, Congress passed the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) for the protection of thousands of railroad workers nationwide. FELA continues to provide a federal system of legal recovery for railroad workers and their families for injuries suffered while on the job. Almost any worker employed by a railroad company will be protected under FELA if they are injured on the job, including those whose primary duties are not performed in or around trains. Unlike no-fault workers' compensations laws, under which an injured worker does not need to establish any fault by the employer, a claim brought under FELA needs to show that the railroad was negligent and caused said injuries.

Tens of millions of dollars have been paid by railroad companies to settle solvent lawsuits under FELA. Current or former railroad workers have claimed exposure to toxic solvents from the 1960s into the 1990s has caused mild to severe brain damage. CSX, the largest railroad in the eastern United States, has acknowledged settling 466 solvent exposure claims and paying up to $35 million, though the company has continued to deny a link between solvent exposure and brain damage. The railroad has said the high number of claims were in response to aggressive FELA lawyers recruiting clients and planting the idea that they were sick.

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