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The Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) became law in 1908, several years before the earliest state workers compensation system. FELA stems from federal law but is not a US government program; instead, it is a fault-based system covering interstate railroad employees.
There have been numerous attempts to replace FELA with a no-fault WC system more like those in the states but the US Congress has voted down every such attempt. In the early days of FELA, railroad employers resisted this change but more recently organized labor has opposed it.
The Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) -- not FELA - covers US government employees.
defense attorneys
Federal Employers’ Liability Act (text of statute)
Federal Railroad Administration, US Department of Transportation
FELA definition (International Risk Management Institute - IRMI)
FELA definition (USLegal, Inc.)
FELA overview and history (John Fabian Witt at eNotes.com)
injured worker attorneys
Arnold & Itkin LLC
ClarisLaw
Cranwell, Moore & Emick PLC
Environmental Attorneys Group, PC
Gordon Elias LLP
Hoey & Farina
Mansmann & Moore
Martin & Jones, PLLC
Ogletree Abbott Law Firm LLP
Online Lawyer Source
Page Cagle
Paoli, Latino & Kutzman, PC
Pfiester, Jr., R. Edward, Esq.
Todd, Alton C., The Law Firm of
Yaeger Jungbauer & Barczak
IronWood Technologies, Inc.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Operation Lifesaver, Inc.
RailroadData.com
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