![]() ![]() Throughout the next two years, Schmaltz was treated by several doctors for Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome, (RADS) an asthma-type respiratory syndrome that occurs after exposure to higher levels of irritants. Schmaltz was working the overnight shift in Calumet Yard the night that the railroad sprayed the herbicides, and he began to experience respiratory problems the next morning.Ī week later, when the symptoms failed to subside, Schmaltz went to the emergency room complaining of burning in his throat and esophagus. In May of 1990, N&W sprayed the Calumet Yard with atrazine and tebuthiuron, two herbicides meant to control vegetation. Schmaltz worked as a carman for Norfolk & Western Railway Company (“N&W”). Case Law Series- Plaintiff’s railroad herbicide exposure case dismissed because experts could not tie diagnosis to work exposure. ![]()
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