In his latest post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers Blog, my colleague Randy Appleton reports on a grade crossing collision between a Union Pacific freight train and a tractor-trailer near Paragould, Arkansas (AR), that left a conductor on the train with injuries. Randy notes that while media reports are focusing on how the semi’s…
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Railroads don’t only have a responsibility to get us from Point A to Point B: they must do so with safety in mind, both for passengers and those outside the train. When railroad companies don’t keep safety in mind, it can cause serious accidents . According to firefighters in Richmond, North Carolina (NC), a man’s…
A Union Pacific conductor who suffered career-ending herniated lower disc injuries when the Union Pacific freight train he was crewing derailed after colliding with a tanker truck south of Minco, Oklahoma (OK) has been awarded $1.75 million to cover his medical treatment expenses and lost wages. The accident in which the man became disabled occurred…
$461 million in federal money will be used to begin modernizing North Carolina’s rail system. The money will help pay for 24 projects in 11 counties including Guilford, Alamance and Davidson. Some of the projects including completing double tracks between Greensboro and Charlotte, building a dozen new bridges to eliminate 30 highway crossings and adding…