Keeping Commuters Safe While Encouraging MTA Ridership
New York City officials are promoting their mass transit systems in a big way. With recent years seeing record numbers for subway ridership, the local Metropolitan Transportation Authority is feeling confident in the services they provide to a busy city. Resources like this one from DNAinfo show ridership of over 1.75 billion in 2014 and […]
A High Volume of Subway Riders Means More Safety Planning in the Works
According to new reports for 2014, subway ridership is up in the Big Apple. That means more focus will need to be placed on safety implementation for all of the possibly dangerous situations that New York City residents and visitors can face on trains and on or around depots. Reports from news outlets like Fox […]
Amtrak Crash Shows Terrible Results of High Speed Derailments
An Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, PA injured more than 200 people and killed 8 in mid-May. The grisly details and pictures of this major accident have been posted on national news venues for the last few weeks. The conductor, who survived, is suing the company after major injuries. Reports show that Amtrak 188 from Washington […]
Will the Amtrak Crash Victims Receive Reasonable Compensation
The recent Amtrak derailment near Philadelphia has caused the death of eight people. On top of this, over 200 people out of the 238 passengers suffered injuries, with some of them being in critical condition. Given the speed of over 100 mph while the train was taking a curve, these figures are not surprising, and […]
Possible Outcomes for Amtrak Crash Victims
According to top personal injury law firms, Amtrak will be facing claims from crash victims to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. The derailment that took place in Philadelphia could have been averted. It is still not clear whether it is was system failure or the mistake of the engineer, but liability of […]
Amtrak Victims are Fighting for a Piece of the Pie
Filing a personal injury lawsuit is the only way you can claim compensation for the harms and losses you have suffered due to somebody else’s negligence or carelessness. When you are injured in a train accident, the procedure is the same, but the amount of compensation victims can receive is capped as it should be […]
Can Amtrak Crash Victims Claim Workers’ Compensation
Amtrak train 188 derailment caused eight deaths and injuries to more than 200 people with some of them in critical condition. The Amtrak crash is currently being investigated by National Transportation Safety Board; however, proving liability of Amtrak will not be major issue for victims filing personal injury lawsuits. This is because the head engineer […]
Amtrak Victims have One Large Pizza to Eat From
Filing a personal injury lawsuit is the only way you can claim compensation for the harms and losses you have suffered due to somebody else’s negligence or carelessness. When you are injured in a train accident, the procedure is the same, but the amount of compensation for victims is huge for train crashes. A law […]
Can You File a Personal Injury Case if You are Injured in a Train Accident
Train Accident and their Causes Train accidents are usually quite devastating, many passengers are seriously injured, and a few even die. Most rail accidents occur due to derailment, or collision with another train, motor vehicle, or pedestrian at railroad crossings or on the tracks. Such accidents are often caused by human error, obstruction on tracks, […]
Existing Laws and the Recent Amtrak Crash
On May 12th, Amtrak train 188 derailed near Philadelphia while taking a curve on the railroad. The derailment caused eight deaths and around 200 people in the train were injured, with some of them still in a critical condition. According to investigations that were carried out, the train was travelling at over 100 mph just […]
