My partner recently took the depositions of several railroad employees in a case where a man driving a pick up truck was killed in a collision with a short line railroad freight train, while trying to cross an unmarked private railroad crossing. Our investigation revealed that there were no stop signs or railroad cross bucks…
My partner, Rick Shapiro, has posted an article relating to the railroad safety legislation passed by Congress in early October 2008, which is expected to be signed by President Bush this year. Amazingly, there has not been a major rail safety legislation enactment since 1994. Several of the highlights of the railroad safety legislation are…
My colleague, personal inury lawyer Rick Shapiro posted an article about railroad accidents, especially railroad crossing injuries and wrongful deaths. Our law firm has handled dozen and dozens of such cases involving railroad crew, car drivers, truck drivers, engineers and conductors. Please read the entire article to get a feel for some of the issues…
My law partner, Rick Shapiro, posted an article at our Va. Beach Injuryboard blog covering the Federal Railroad Administriation’s emergency ban on cell phone use by railroad locomotive crews, which takes effect on October 27, 2008. He has interesting comments about railroad’s efforts to reduce crew size and how this affects some of the new rules.
Did you know that the nation’s railroad workers are not covered by worker’s compensation, but instead can settle with, or sue their employers for injuries or diseases that are occupational? Railroad workers fall under a special federal law enacted in the early 1900’s called the Federal Employers Liability Act which is vastly different than workers…