May 11, 2009 · May 11, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. Photo Gallery: Train derailment 20th anniversary. SAN BERNARDINO – It was a demon. A monster of steel and almost unimaginable power and force, thousands of tons of ...
Feb 14, 2017 · Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a settlement with Delaware-based BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) following a train derailment that caused a crude oil spill near the city of Galena. The settlement resolves environmental concerns that arose in 2015 when a BNSF train derailed, spilling a large amount of crude oil that ignited near ...
A $265 million settlement program for all pending claims—including eight death claims—resulting from last year’s fatal derailment in Philadelphia of Amtrak Train No. 188, was ordered this morning by U.S. District Court Judge Legrome D. Davis of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The three trial attorneys indicated that through the Court-approved process it is possible that all $265 million in claims payments can be made by next summer. The members of the Plaintiffs’ Management Committee are listed below: Thomas R. Kline (Philadelphia, PA) Robert J. Mongeluzzi (Philadelphia, PA; Frederic Eisenberg (Philadelphia, PA)
Our railroad injury client was operating an Amtrak locomotive when he suffered serious back and knee injuries in a derailment as his passenger train approached Lake City, South Carolina. The engineer was also later diagnosed with a mild traumatic brain injury.
We based or case for the injured railroad engineer on an accident reconstruction and a detailed survey of the trackbed where the derailment occurred. We started by studying accident reports and photographs supplied by the local police, the Federal Railroad Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.