Troublesome news continues to surround the Washington, DC Metro. Just a few weeks after the worst Metro accident in the city’s history and a recent video displaying a worker texting while operating a Metro train, a brand new video surfaced showing a worker actually falling asleep while operating a train, according to WJZ13 news. Check…
Amtrak announced a new agreement to operate passenger rail service funded by the State of Virginia. The funding will allow for the start of a new Washington, DC-Lynchburg, VA train in October and a new Washington-Richmond train in December. In making the announcement, Amtrak President and CEO Joe Boardman noted that Amtrak is now the…
The Transportation Communications International Union (TCIU) has appointed John C. of Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp& Duffan to serve as one of its designated legal counsel.
Does it matter if your injury lawyer files a DC Metro crash lawsuit/case in Maryland, Washington DC, or Virginia courts? The answer may be, yes, it may make a big difference. For example, cases filed in Washington, DC do not have any cap or ceiling on damages in such Metro personal injury cases. On the…
DC Metro Crash-NTSB inspecting Railroad/Train track sensor and control systems In a continuing series of articles about the DC Metro crash, as of Friday, June 26, 2009 Metro was manually checking all of the 3000 circuits in the Metro rail system because the National Transportation Safety Board pinpointed a problem in these systems that could…