About TrainAccidentLawyer.us
TrainAccidentLawyer.us is an independent, free educational resource about train, railroad, and transit injury claims in the United States. We build practical tools — like our settlement estimator — and plain-English guides so that injured people and their families can understand their situation before they ever talk to a lawyer or an insurer.
We are not a law firm. This website does not provide legal advice, does not represent clients, and creates no attorney–client relationship. Our settlement estimates are educational approximations. For advice about your specific situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.
Who publishes this site
This site is published by Mustafa Bilgic. Our guides are written and maintained by an editorial team focused on accuracy and clarity. We deliberately do not invent named “experts” or fabricate credentials. Instead, every substantive claim is tied to a verifiable primary source so you can check it yourself.
Our sources
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) — accident, incident, and highway-rail grade-crossing statistics.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) — earnings and work-life data used in future-earnings modeling.
- Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§51–60 — the governing statute for railroad-worker claims.
- 49 U.S.C. §28103 and the FAST Act (2015) — the federal rail-passenger liability cap.
- Published court decisions, including Rogers v. Missouri Pacific R. Co. (1957) on FELA causation.
How our calculator works
The estimator uses the multiplier method standard in personal-injury practice: it separates documented economic damages (medical bills, lost wages, projected future losses) from non-economic pain and suffering, applies a severity-scaled multiplier of roughly 1.3× to 5.5×, branches on claim type (FELA worker, passenger, or grade-crossing), and reduces the result by the user’s comparative fault. It then presents a low–high range reflecting real-world settlement variance. It is transparent by design — every line of the calculation is shown — and it is not a guarantee of any outcome. Read the full methodology on how much a train accident is worth.
Corrections
We update guides as statutes, caps, and data change. If you spot an error, we want to fix it. Because law varies by state and changes over time, always verify current rules with a licensed attorney before acting.
Reviewed by the TrainAccidentLawyer.us editorial team
Published by Mustafa Bilgic. Our guides are written for general education and fact-checked against primary U.S. sources — the Federal Railroad Administration, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the text of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C. §§51–60). We cite institutions, not anonymous “experts.” This page is informational and is not legal advice.