Total Injury

Stories of train accidents and settlements have frequently been in the news recently. Just yesterday, some residents of Bullitt County, Kentucky were either evacuated from the town or ordered to stay inside their homes following a CSX train derailment that caused a chemical fire.

This accident follows last week’s personal injury settlement of a 2005 Graniteville, South Carolina train wreck which released a toxic cloud that killed nine, injured hundreds and forced some 1400 people to evacuate the small town. Also happening last week, 18 people were injured in a Washington Metro derailment, and an Iowa man was awarded $1.1 million in a railroad car accident settlement with CSX Railroad.

Trains are safe and reliable means of transportation for many Americans each day. In those instances when there is a train accident, you need to know your rights if involved and should speak to a local personal injury attorney.

A Simi Valley California personal injury court ruled Vons Supermarket must pay James Stevens $16.73 million in punitive damages and $1.672 million for emotional distress and economic loss for the sexual harassment inflicted on him by a female supervisor.  In his personal injury case testimony, Stevens alleged Laura Marko harassed him from 2001 to 2002 and was himself transferred when he complained of the harassment.  Von's fired Stevens shortly after he filed the complaint and Marko never received any discipline or counseling for her actions.