(Source: New Haven Register, March 23, 2012)
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — In a historic move, a federal jury awarded a Metro-North Railroad worker about $1 million in punitive damages following a lawsuit that accused the railroad of retaliation after the worker reported an on-the-job injury.
The lawsuit tested the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 2008, which prohibits railroad management from interfering with injured workers’ medical treatment or disciplining them for reporting or seeking treatment for an on-the-job injury.
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