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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
About Jeffrey E. Chod
Jeffrey E. Chod grew up in Denver, Colorado and graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1994 with a B.A. in Psychology. After college he moved to San Francisco and worked as a law clerk before starting law school at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, from which he graduated in 1998. Since then he has represented injured individuals from over 30 states, has first and second chaired jury trials to verdict in 7 states, and has extensive litigation and trial experience in state and federal courts across the country.
He devotes 100% of his practice to litigation. Jeffrey has been a member of the American Association for Justice since 1999 and the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys since 2007. He has served on the ARLA Board since 2012, including as Executive Board member, and was President of ARLA for the 2019-2020 term.
Proven verdicts and settlements
Curt Thege, a BNSF carman at the Havelock Car Shop in Lincoln, was thrown from a scissor lift in June 2019 when an overhead crane hoist moved higher than the operator intended. BNSF admitted it breached its duty of care under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, leaving the jury to decide damages. After a five-day trial the jury returned $9,333,016, and on December 15, 2022 the court entered a $9,295,988.96 judgment after subtracting benefits payments the plaintiff conceded.
Jimmy Rohr Jr., a BNSF carman, was injured in February 2014 at the Havelock Yard in Lincoln when a railcar wheel rolled over his left foot, leading to 13 surgeries and a below-knee amputation. After a trial in January 2019, a Lancaster County jury valued his damages at $7,112,071 under the Federal Employers' Liability Act and assigned him 51 percent of the fault. After that reduction he was left with about $3,485,000, or 49 percent of the verdict.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.