A former Union Pacific Railroad Company worker has filed suit against the company, alleging he was injured after one of the handholds on a rail car gave way.
As reported by the Southeast Texas Record in July 2007, Perry Ashworth sued his employer Railserve Inc., along with Rescar Inc. and Huntsman Petrochemical Corp. after his leg was severed when a rail car rolled over him inside the local Huntsman refinery.
In November 2007, the Record reported on a wrongful death trial in which jurors found Union Pacific Railroad Company negligent for failing to install safety devices at a crossing where a woman was killed, awarding Derrick Cezar and his daughter almost $11 million in damages.
Bristol Baxley A railroad worker has filed suit against Econo-Rail Corporation and Trans-Global Solutions, alleging he was injured while working for the railroad.
Greg Abbott (R) AUSTIN-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is being mentioned as a possible candidate to succeed fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison in the U.S. Senate, political observers told Legal Newsline.
A Nederland man has filed suit against Rescar and Union Pacific Railroad Co., alleging he was injured while transporting railroad cars on Rescar's premises as part of his job as a UP employee.
Earlier this month, a Jefferson County judge dismissed a suit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. But before the month is up, the judge must decide if the plaintiff should be granted a new trial against the railroad company.
As the Record reported in April, railroad worker James W. Murray lost his leg last spring while on the job at the Beaumont switch yard. In turn, he filed a Federal Employers Liability Act suit against Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
TEXARKANA, Ark. � In the early morning hours of Oct. 15, 2005, a Texarkana neighborhood was rocked when a Union Pacific train smashed into another train in the rail yard and exploded.
A Chambers County railroad worker has filed suit in Jefferson County, claiming he was negligently injured by his employer and several other companies while working in Baytown.
Kansas City Southern Railway has already paid a family to settle a wrongful death suit and expected to recover the cost from Union Pacific Railroad, but an appeals court in Beaumont has ruled that Kansas City Southern can't recover a dime.