Railroad workers injured by their employer’s negligence can bring a claim under FELA. In addition, if the railroad’s negligence resulted in an employee’s death, the employee’s surviving spouse and children can recover damages if they can show that they sustained a pecuniary loss because of the employee’s death. If the deceased employee did not have a spouse or children, the employee’s parents can file a suit, and if the deceased’s parents are no longer living, the dependent next of kin can bring a claim under FELA.