Compensating Injured Railroad Workers Under the Federal Employers' Liability Act
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: March 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780309055611
Subjects: Courts & procedure; Railway transport industries; Torts / delicts; Unemployment And Disability Insurance; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Politics/International Relations; Civil Procedure; Employees; Law and legislation; Legal status, laws, etc; Legal status, laws, etc.; Railroads; United States; Workers' compensation
Description: Assesses the injury compensation system that has evolved under Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) and compares it with the no-fault compensation systems that cover most U.S. workers. At the request of Congress, a TRB committee that produced this report compared FELA with other workers' compensation systems. Although the data for making such comparisons are imperfect, the committee concluded that the FELA process generally provides higher benefits but can result in delays in payments, involve higher transaction costs, and result in greater costs to railroads.
Notes: Special Report (National Research Council (U S) Transportation Research Board