Hammer accident leads to complaint against P&W
Injuries linger three years later, plaintiff claims
A Leicester man who claims he was struck in the face by a hammer while working in the Providence & Worcester Railroad Co. engine room has filed a complaint against the company in federal district court.
In the complaint, which was filed under the Federal Employers' Liability Act last Tuesday, Dennis J. Madore claims the company's negligence and failure to provide a safe work environment led to the accident.
Derailed
According to the complaint, Madore was working in the engine house on Dec. 10, 2004 repairing railroad cars, "and as a result of the negligence of the defendant, its agents, servants or employees," was "injured when he was struck in the face with a hammer."
In the complaint, Madore characterizes his injury as an accident, but says he "was made sick, sore and lame and has suffered great pain of body." He claims he has been unable to work since the accident, and "will continue to be so incapacitated in the future."
All the while, Madore has been accumulating doctors' bills, and paying for medication to treat his injuries.
Madore is represented by Robert T. Naumes Jr. of Thornton & Naumes LLP in Boston.
A Providence & Worcester Railroad Co. spokesman said she could not comment on the complaint.
The Federal Employers' Liability Act allows railroad employees injured at work to seek compensation for lost wages, future wages, medical expenses, pain and suffering and for partial or permanent disability. Madore's complaint does not specify how much money he is seeking.
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