Litigation is not really a friend of victims either no matter what a lawyer will say in my opinion.
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In this day and age of litigation I wonder if it would be better to have a cap on Lawyer’s fees/percentages!!!. A bill to eliminate forced arbitration introduced that year failed to pass. Senators asked then-CEO Richard Anderson to eliminate the policy, which Anderson declined, citing the desire to “reduce unnecessary litigation costs”. Īmtrak’s arbitration policy remains in place despite congressional scrutiny. The new filings follow a suit filed last week by the widow of one of the three people killed in the derailment. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the derailment in Joplin, Mont. The firm says it has been contacted by other passengers and intends to file other suits. Morgan and Christopher Grosso, 31 and 39, of Lafayette, Ind., and Theodore Hastreiter of Whitefish, Mont.
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Suits were filed on behalf of Ryan and Hanna Shea, ages 34 and 31, of Leverett, Mass Brandi and Shawnee Gimse, 42 and 29, of York, Pa. 25 derailment of the Empire Builder, and says it will challenge an arbitration requirement added to tickets in 2019.Ī press release from the Clifford Law Offices says the firm obtained a $16.75 million verdict against Amtrak as a result of the 2017 Amtrak Cascades derailment prior to the addition of the arbitration requirement. (NTSB)ĬHICAGO - A Chicago law firm has filed seven separate lawsuits against Amtrak and BNSF Railway on behalf of passengers injured in the Sept. More lawsuits have been filed as a result of the derailment. NTSB Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg, investigator John Manutes and Investigator-In-Charge Jim Southworth at scene of the Empire Builder derailment.