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Recent News About Union Pacific Hq

• 60TH COURT DISTRICT NOV. 2007

  By Carrie Gonzalez | Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007 @ 6:10pm

  TERRIE T SALTER ET AL VS. MARSHALL B PACKARD MD ET AL

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• Attorneys urge jurors to set aside emotions in $3 M railroad wrongful death trial

  By David Yates | Thursday, Oct 25, 2007 @ 7:11am

  Jason Itkin Defense attorneys continued to stress the law during the ongoing trial of Derrick Cezar et al vs. Union Pacific Railroad, reminding jurors to bottle up any feelings of sympathy they may garner for Cezar and his 7-year-old girl, who broke her neck and lost her mother in a train collision.

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• Railroad crossing safety questioned in Union Pacific wrongful death trial

  By David Yates | Wednesday, Oct 24, 2007 @ 4:00am

  Whether the death of a woman struck by a train was the fault of the woman herself or the railroad's inadequate safety precautions will be debated by jurors this week as the trial of Derrick Cezar et al vs. Union Pacific Railroad Co. gets underway in Jefferson County.

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• This Just In: Recent civil filings in Jefferson County district courts

  By Marilyn Tennissen | Thursday, Oct 4, 2007 @ 10:46am

  Sept. 26

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• Railroad worker settles $2 million case for $34,000

  By Michelle Massey, East Texas Bureau | Wednesday, Oct 3, 2007 @ 11:12am

  Reed Morgan MARSHALL -- Last year former railroad worker James Smith sued Union Pacific, seeking more than $2 million as compensation for exposure to the toxic chemicals he blames for his leukemia.

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• Engineer with back problems sues railroad for chair choice

  By David Yates | Monday, Oct 1, 2007 @ 8:40am

  Gilbert Adams III A locomotive engineer for Union Pacific Railroad Co. for most of his career, Michael Dromgoogle says he now suffers from severe back problems. He is suing the railway for "failing to provide ergonomic seats."

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• 58th Court District October 2007

  By Carrie Gonzalez | Wednesday, Sep 26, 2007 @ 8:27pm

  58th Court District

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• 172nd Court District,

  By Carrie Gonzalez | Wednesday, Sep 19, 2007 @ 8:15am

  172ND COURT DISTRICT

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• 60th Court District, Judge Sanderson, Aug. 1-30

  By Carrie Gonzalez | Wednesday, Aug 8, 2007 @ 3:51am

  60th Court District

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• 172nd Court District, Judge Floyd, June 1-30

  By Carrie Gonzalez | Monday, Jun 11, 2007 @ 9:00am

  172ND COURT DISTRICT

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• 60th Court District, Judge Sanderson, June 1-30

  By Carrie Gonzalez | Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 5:00pm

  60th Court District

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• 172nd Court District: May 25

  By Carrie Gonzalez | Wednesday, May 16, 2007 @ 9:00am

  HEARINGS 5/25/07

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• 172nd Court District, Judge Floyd May 1 - 31

  By Carrie Gonzalez | Tuesday, May 15, 2007 @ 6:00am

  172nd COURT DISTRICT

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• Railroad worker files FELA case against Union Pacific

  By Steve Gonzalez | Tuesday, Apr 17, 2007 @ 4:00pm

  A railroad worker from Whitehouse filed a Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) suit in U.S. District Court April 10, alleging Union Pacific failed to provide him a safe place to work.

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