A man was hit and killed by an Amtrak train in Cary, North Carolina (NC). Federal Railroad Safety Administration investigators have not yet released the cause of the accident that cost the Cary man his life. However, the investigators have told reporters that the man was on the Amtrak train tracks at the time of…
So far, 11 people have been killed in railroad accidents involving Caltrain, according to the Contra Costa Times. This is an alarming number considering these deaths have all occurred after May and we still have a number of months left in the year. Most recently, a man driving a 1998 Honda Civic was struck by…
According to The Associated Press, 67-year-old Floyd Kenneth Wilt was killed when his scooter was struck by a freight train. The accident happened on September 8, 2009. Wilt’s scooter was stuck between the rails and the asphalt. The engineer tried to stop when he saw Wilt stuck on the tracks but was unable to halt…
A young man was killed by an Amtrak train in Clark County, Washington (WA). He was just 24 years old. It’s the ninth death from a train accident in that area. Unfortunately, these types of train accidents occur in many areas, including Carolina. My deepest condolences go out to the young man’s friends and family….
At the AAJ Annual Convention in San Francisco in August of 2009, the FELA Litigation Group held its first annual meeting. The American Association for Justice, formerly The American Trial Lawyers Association, is the largest plaintiff’s bar group in the country, comprised of thousands of lawyers who represent consumers and regular people in injury and wrongful death cases against insurance companies and corporations.