Examines the issues associated with changing how railroad workers are compensated for their work-related injuries. In particular, it identifies the potential implications for railroad costs & railroad workers of: (1) replacing the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) with a no-fault compensation system, or (2) modifying FELA. Also discusses FELA's effects on small railroads & the availability & affordability of insurance to protect small railroads against large FELA payouts. Charts, tables & graphs.

Excerpt from Federal Employers' Liability Act: Practitioner's Manual; Digest of Decisions Under Act; Judicial Law in Language of Court Interpretations; Forms of Pleading Under Requirements of Act; Safety Appliance and Hours of Service Acts "An Act relating to the Liability of Common Carriers by Railroad to Their Employees in Certain Cases. Act April 22, 1908; c. 149; as amended by Act April 5, 1910; c. 145. 35 Stat. 65 et seq. Compiled Statutes of the United States; Vol. 4, 8657, et seq. (Act 1908, c. 149, 1) Common carriers by railroad engaging in interstate or foreign commerce, liable for injuries to employees, from negligence. Every common carrier by railroad, while engaging in commerce between any of the several States or Territories, or between any of the States and Territories, or between the District of Columbia and any of the States or Territories, or between the District of Columbia or any of the States or Territories and any foreign nation or nations, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or, in case of the death of such employee, to his or her personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee; and, if none, then of such employee's parents; and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee, for such injury or death resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, docks, boats, wharves, or other equipment. (35 Stat. 65.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Railroad workers who are injured on the job seek compensation for their injuries under the provisions of the Federal Employers Liability Act of 1908 (FELA). This report 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 US workers.