Railroad Accident Victim files Personal Injury Claims
Released on = June 7, 2007, 7:29 am
Press Release Author = Lala C. Ballatan
Industry = Law
Press Release Summary = Laura Warren, college student, suffered from severe injuries resulting to disability during an railroad accident in Missouri last December 22, 2005. Warren and her parents filed a personal injury lawsuit claim against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co., which they claim is liable for the accident.
Press Release Body = Laura Warren, college student, suffered from severe injuries resulting to disability during an railroad accident in Missouri last December 22, 2005. Warren and her parents filed a personal injury lawsuit claim against Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co., which they claim is liable for the accident.
Los Angeles, California, June 6, 2007 - Laura was riding as a passenger in the left side of a Ford Explorer’s rear part. The train struck the vehicle as it was heading west and crossing the railroad grade crossing on Meramec Terrace Road in Franklin.
Laura suffered closed injuries in the head, infractions, hemorrhage and contusions in the brain, multiple fractures of the skull base, extensive fractures in the face, fractures in the ribs and pelvis, multiple injuries in the internal organ and soft tissues including a lacerated liver and spleen, and rupture in the diaphragm that caused her stomach’s herniation into her left hemi-thorax. She also suffered from anemia due to massive blood loss and hemorrhagic shock the suit states along with medical evidence.
Steven and Gail Warren, parents of Laura, claimed that the railway company had been negligent in their railroad operations. Their negligence is the cause for their failure to blow the train’s horn properly in order to warn vehicles of an approaching train.
The personal injury lawsuit was filed last May 25 and named the Samuel S. Williams, the engineer of the train that struck the Ford Explorer, as defendant.
Lawsuit papers claimed that Williams failed to blow the required sequence of the train’s emergency horn. Furthermore, Williams did not engage the train’s emergency brakes properly.
The lawsuit claims further stipulated that the railroad crossing had inadequate sight distance for an approaching train. This is another that contributed to the collision accident between the train and car. According to the papers, they railway company did not clear the visibility obstructions in order to give motorists an adequate view of two directions in the railroad tracks. It is a violation on the state of Missouri’s railroad tracks law.
The personal injury lawsuit claims are filed in two counts and seek monetary awards of more than $100,000 for punitive damages and compensation.
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