Attorney Applauds New Ethics Rules from BLET
The BLET set forth new ethics rules regarding designated legal counsel for railroad workers who suffer an injury on the job.
The BLET set forth new ethics rules regarding designated legal counsel for railroad workers who suffer an injury on the job.
My focus on railroad injury law requires me to spend time each time day scanning the Web for news stories regarding injuries involving rail workers, train passengers and collisions between trains and cars, trucks or pedestrians. Too often, I come across stories like the one about Orange County, California (CA), brothers who became critically injured…
Serious questions are being asked about whether the safety devices at a North Carolina railroad crossing were working when a young mother and her 5-year-old son were killed by an Amtrak train just four days before Christmas. The crash – on tracks leased and maintained by Norfolk Southern – remains under investigation, but neighbors said…
The families of two men diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer after exposure to asbestos received a $17 million verdict from a Pennsylvania (PA) jury. The two men were exposed to asbestos through valves and gaskets from Crane Co. and Garlock Sealing Technologies. Internal Norfolk Southern, CSX and Conrail documents reveal that many types of asbestos gaskets were…
I specialize in railroad law, so I come across sad stories like this one about pedestrians being hit while crossing tracks at least once each week. The details and timing of the accident involving two northeast Ohio (OH) teens on their way to high school and an Amtrak train were especially tough to bear since…