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.
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.
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.
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."
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.