In his latest post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyer Blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports on announcement by BNSF Railways that it has rescinded a policy that required all employees to turn over doctor’s notes, hospital discharge reports and diagnostic test results for medical issues completely unrelated to their employment or work performance. The…
A home medical equipment delivery van driver suffered serious injuries when his vehicle was hit by a Norfolk Southern train at a private railroad crossing in Claremont, North Carolina (NC). The collision occurred shortly after 1 pm on March 26, 2012, near the intersection of Sherlock Street and Old Catawba Road. The van driver is…
In his latest post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyer Blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro reports on a crash between an Amtrak train and a large commercial truck that left the engineer with a back injury and also required two passengers to seek medical attention. The collision occurred when the big rig failed to completely…
In his latest post to our Virginia law firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyer Blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro welcomes two safety recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board regarding the needs to lower speeds and increase distances between trains following each other on the same tracks. Rick notes that both railroad companies and rail workers have…
From 2009 to 2010, “rail fatalities increased from 742 to 813, with the majority at grade crossings, though deaths on light, heavy and commuter rail rose from 229 to 253.” This discouraging statement jumped off the computer screen at me as I skimmed the annual release of National Transportation Safety Board estimates of deaths on…