Railroad Accidents
Train accidents can involve locomotives or light rail systems. Crashes at railroad crossings kill hundreds each year and injure thousands more. Train accidents can involve unprotected crossings, collisions with other trains, vehicles, or pedestrians, improper track maintenance, derailment, driver fatigue or error, mechanical failures, defects in the trains, defects in the tracks or infrastructure, or spilling of hazardous waste.
Railroads must do their very best to make railroad crossings safe, which could require up to and including installing gates, lights, and other warnings to motorists. If the railroad company does not properly mark the crossings, or does keep adequate protection, it creates an unacceptable risk for the driving public.
Robert D. Erney has experience in handling railroad accident claims, whether it be a crash at a railroad crossing with other trains, vehicles, or pedestrians, or a claim due to improper track maintenance, derailment, defects in the trains, tracks, or infrastructure, or spilling of hazardous waste.
