LCBF defeats FELA suit against railroad for exposure to second-hand smoke

In Hepburn v. LIRR, venued in the Eastern District of New York, LCBF obtained a defense verdict for the LIRR in a FELA suit, where a former conductor alleged head, neck and throat cancer from second-hand tobacco smoke exposure ("ETS") while he was a conductor on "smoking trains."  Had plaintiff's cause of action been successful, LIRR and other railroad defendants would have been exposed to significant future liability for ETS claims by former railroad employees and passengers.  The LCBF team was headed by John Bonventre.