EEOC’s Response to #MeToo
- On July 9, 2019
By: Chloè G. Pedersen Since the advent of #MeToo, there has been a surge in internal harassment complaints and a spike in claims filed with the EEOC. According to a private sector report released in April 2019, the number of internal harassment complaints surged by more than 25% from 2017 to 2018 and made up
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F&S Receives Favorable IL Appellate Court Ruling – Settlement Between Railroad Employee and His Treating Doctor Not Made In Good Faith
- On June 3, 2019
By Elizabeth O. Bryant Colleen Konicek and Liza Bryant of Fletcher & Sippel, together with appellate counsel, received a favorable appellate court ruling. Pursuant to the Illinois contribution statute, parties must enter into settlement agreements in good faith because a settlement by one party extinguishes its liability to all other joint tortfeasors. In this case,
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FRA Proposed Rulemaking: Qualification and Certification of Locomotive Engineers
- On May 30, 2019
By Christie Welsh On May 9, 2019, Federal Railroad Administration (“FRA”) proposed to revise its regulation governing the qualification and certification of locomotive engineers (49 CFR §240) to make that regulation consistent with FRA’s regulation for the qualification and certification of conductors (49 CFR §242). FRA expects this rulemaking will reduce the railroad industry’s overall
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