Transit Driver Disabled Due to Overheated Cab Can Keep His $11.6 Million Award August 5, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A New Jersey Transit driver who suffered career-ending injuries from overheating after he was ordered to operate a train even...
Jury Faults New York Railroad — Mostly — for 2015 Crossing Crash That Killed 6 July 23, 2024 By Jennifer Peltz A commuter railroad is mostly at fault for a fiery and deadly 2015 collision between a train and an SUV...
Was Man Who Died at Train Station a Passenger or Trespasser? Court Wants to Know. January 4, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The federal circuit appeals court for the District of Columbia (D.C.) has asked D.C’s highest court for guidance on the...
Six Killed When Train Strikes SUV at Unguarded Florida Rail Crossing September 26, 2023 PLANT CITY, Fla. (AP) — Three adults, two teens and a child from an extended family died after their SUV...
No Chemicals Aboard 9 Freight Railcars That Derailed in Pennsylvania May 12, 2023 Nine railcars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pennsylvania, with no hazardous chemicals on board and no reported...
Maine Presses Railroad to Fix Roads, Culverts After Derailment May 1, 2023 Maine environmental regulators have asked a railroad cleaning up a freight train derailment site to repair forest management roads and...
Texas Supreme Court to Hear Case on Liability for Railroad Crossing Collision December 16, 2022 The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a collision of a train and a car at...
Deadly Danish Train Accident Caused by Improperly Secured Trailer: Report December 20, 2019 Danish authorities say a deadly accident in which a high-speed passenger train struck a semi-trailer that fell off a freight...
Denmark Bans Truck Trailers on Trains After Deadly Accident January 10, 2019 Denmark has banned truck trailers on trains following a deadly accident last week in which a high-speed passenger train struck...
Death Toll Rises for Denmark’s Deadliest Train Crash in 30 Years January 4, 2019 By Jan M. Olsen Two more bodies have been found in the wreckage of a crashed train on a Danish bridge, raising the death...