Eligibility Requirements

In addition, specific criteria must be established to determine how long, and for what period of time, a claimant must have worked in rail employment in order to be eligible for the special FELA adjustment.

Latency periods are well recognized in asbestos-related diseases. It would be unfair to other claimants to award a special FELA adjustment to an employee whose railroad work did not precede by a medically acceptable latency period the development of his asbestos-related disease.

Further, a claimant who worked for a minimal amount of time, or after asbestos abatement in rail employment, should not be entitled to this special FELA adjustment.

see also:

Medical Criteria Read about rules concerning medical criteria in asbestos/rail cases
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Non-Rail Claimant Standards Do you think claims should be paid under non-rail claimant standards
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Controversial Provision Find out about the controversial asbestos provision in FELA
Read about the controversial provision in the FELA asbestos act.