As an experienced lawyer in subway/railroad cases, one of our firm’s attorneys had good advice for anybody who was unfortunate enough to be on the train as a passenger, commuter or rider during Monday’s train wreck disaster in the District of Columbia. Keep your ticket, swipe card, fare card or SmarTrip receipts as proof that…
The most important thing if you have been involved in a train collision and have been injured is to get appropriate medical help at a hospital or doctor’s office as soon as possible. As I saw the news and watched the “walking wounded” wandering around the scene of the Metro train wreck, I knew that…
The Washington and Maryland areas where the two D.C. commuter trains wrecked on Monday are well known to Rick Shapiro, our senior partner, whose practice has focused on train and railroad accidents for well over a decade.
Signal Malfunction Combined With D.C. Metro Train Operator Errors? Clues Arising.. I wrote last night about potential causes of the 7 deaths and 60 injuries in the DC Metro train crash of June 22, 2009, the deadliest in Metro history. The United Transportation Union (UTU), one of the main national unions of railroad conductors, released…
Two Metro subway/railroad trains collided between the Takoma Park and Fort Totten Metro stations on the red line just outside Washington, DC, and there are six confirmed deaths and at least 55 or more people injured. Pictures and video from the scene show one of the Metro railroad train cars literally still situated partly on top…