2012 - Page 47 of 216 - Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp

$1.37M Jury Award to Injured CSX Engineer Highlights Locomotive Seat Safety Issue

In a new post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyer Blog, my attorney colleague Rick Shapiro reports on a successful workplace injury lawsuit by a former railroad employee who blamed his career-ending injuries on poorly designed and maintained equipment. To read more, click over to “Unsafe Locomotive Seat Contributed to CSX Engineer’s Disabling Back Injury,…

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Charlotte Baseball Coach Seriously Injured After Accident With Speeding Driver

What Happened:  According to WBTV, a popular college baseball coach was critically injured after a police spokesman says he was involved in a crash along Interstate 77 in Charlotte, NC earlier this week. The crash, which happened along I-77 north near I-485 and WT Harris Boulevard, sent at least two cars off the highway a little after 9 p.m. Dick Cooke, the Davidson College baseball coach, was injured in…

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