Attorney Discusses Legal Tactics Railroad Companies May Take in Court
Railroads hire skilled defense lawyers who works to deny FELA claims on a regular basis.
Teens’ Deaths Raise Questions Over Controlling Pedestrian Access to Train Tracks
Five teenage girls have died this week after being struck by trains while walking on railroad tracks. How preventable these terrible accidents were is an open question, and one rail operators and state and federal regulators must consider. On Feb. 20, 2010, three girls in Melbourne, Florida (FL), lost their lives when they failed to…
Fatal Commuter Train Crash in Belgium Apparently Due to Missing Automatic Braking System
When two commuter trains into each other near Brussels, Belgium, on Feb. 15, 2010, 18 passengers and crew members lost their lives. A total of 100 people on both trains suffered injuries in the head-on collision that appears to have been caused by the lack of automatic brakes that engage when a train runs a…
Attorney Takes CSX to Task Over Forcing Woman to Crawl Under Trains
CSX put 40 train cars on a track between a home and a main road. This forced an elderly woman to crawl under the trains to get to the street.
Amtrak Train Damaged, Delayed After Hitting Dump Truck in Northern Virginia (VA)
A dump truck stuck on the rails of a shared Norfolk Southern-Amtrak railroad crossing near the town of Nokesville, Virginia (VA), caused a crash for the Amtrak Crescent Liner on Feb. 10, 2010. The Prince William County News & Messenger reported that no one was injured in the collision, but the passengers on the train…