Personal Injury Attorneys / Automobile Accident Lawyer El Paso, Lubbock, San Angelo, Odessa, New Mexico NM TX New Mexico Texas

OUR RESULTS

Train Wreck
Child Brain Injury
2 Million Net to Client

Our client was an infant passenger in a vehicle struck by a train. Several people were killed in the wreck. Our client survived but sustained serious injuries. In 1995 the Railroad Company had been notified by state officials that this crossing was set to be signalized because it met all of the criteria of a hazardous crossing. However, that signalization never took place. Additionally, even though the crossing was a public crossing, the Railroad had the authority to close the crossing as there were other crossings in close proximity that were signalized with lights and gates.

Despite its knowledge that the crossing had been designated as hazardous by state officials, and despite meeting all of the conditions that would allow the Railroad to close the crossing, the Railroad did nothing to fix the problem of the dangerous crossing. Railroad executives testified that it was the Railroad’s policy that it would not spend its own money to put lights and gates at public crossings. Their policy was to wait for state or federal officials to provide the funds to signalize those crossings. Through our investigation, we were able to demonstrate that the crossing was dangerous and should have had lights and gates to protect motorists. This case settled before trial.