The Metrolink commuter rail system and Connex Railroad have asked a Los Angeles federal court to approve a $200 million settlement fund for victims of a September 2008 head-crash between a commuter train and a freight train in Chatsworth, California, according to the Associated Press. If the court goes along with the plan, the two…
We get this question a lot since many railroaders have heard about “damage caps” in medical malpractice cases. Fortunately, FELA (i.e. the Federal Employers Liability Act) does not penalize victims and there is no arbitrary damage cap for your on-the-job railroad injury. This does not mean there aren’t specific requirements you need to follow when…
Two trains smashed into each other at the Brooklyn, West Virginia (WV), rail yard last Wednesday, leaving about 1,500 gallons of diesel fuel on the ground according to the Associated Press. The accident at the CSX rail yard in New Martinsville is under investigation but a local fire department official said that a northbound locomotive…
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A 79-year-old woman attempting to drive across railroad tracks in James City County, Virginia (VA), lost her life on July 31, 2010, when an Amtrak passenger train slammed into her car and pushed it nearly one-quarter of a mile down the tracks. Reports in the Daily Press note that the fatal accident occurred at a…