Every co-counsel involved in railroad litigation or FELA cases is familiar with the watershed decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 30, 2017 in BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell. In an 8-1 decision authored by Justice Ginsburg, the Supreme Court basically upended Federal Employers Liability Act choice of state decision-making. This was a monumental…
A surprising number of pedestrians and drivers die each year in train accidents. In many of these cases, lives could have been saved if the victims had been aware of a few simple train safety precautions.
Key reasons any railroad employee or family member who has a car wreck injury should retain Shapiro & Appleton
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Railroads owe their passengers a heightened duty of care. Typically, two people passing on the street only owe each other a “duty of reasonable care.” This means that we owe each other a duty to act reasonably to make sure that the other person doesn’t get injured. This duty applies to drivers on the road,…