Investigators are looking into the cause of a November 12, 2011, crash between a truck and a train at a crossing in Harfrd County, Maryland (MD), where tracks owned by CSX cross Joppa Road. According to the Baltimore Sun, the driver was injured and the train did not derail. The paper further reported that trains are supposed…
My colleague Rick Shapiro has written a new post for our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers blog in which he reports that Norfolk Southern has received final legal clerance for building a new truck-to-rail facility in Montgomery County, Virginia (VA). The freight rail company’s goal is to increase cargo volume through the state without increasing vehicle traffic on interstate…
My colleague Rick Shapiro has written a new post for our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers blog about a Canadian National freight train derailment in Elgin, Illinois (IL), that, while causing no injuries, highlights the dangers of rail cars jumping their rails. DM
An 88-year-old architect who failed to yield at a the Tide tracks on Second Street in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), hit a light-rail train and then left the scene on August 11, 2001 has been identified by police as Sheldon Leavitt. When asked by WTKR News Channel 3 why he didn’t wait around, Leavitt said, “I…
As Virginia Beach, VA-based FELA attorneys, my law firm colleagues have decades of experience fighting for, and securing, compensation for railroad employees injured, sickened and killed by the work they did on trains, along tracks and in rail yards. We work closely with clients and their doctors to determine the cause and extent of their…