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Amtrak bears the cost of accidents even if not at fault
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators are still looking at how CSX railway crews routed an Amtrak train into a parked freight train in Cayce, South Carolina, last weekend. But even if CSX should bear sole responsibility for the accident, Amtrak will likely end up paying crash victims’ legal claims with public money. Amtrak pays for […]
Conductor’s wife alleging negligence in deadly train crash
COLUMBIA (AP) The wife of a conductor killed in last weekend’s crash of an Amtrak train with a parked freight train in South Carolina filed suit Feb. 8 against Amtrak and the other rail company, saying they were to blame for the man’s death. In the lawsuit, Michael Cella’s widow accuses Amtrak and CSX Corp. of […]
Contract – Implied-in-Fact – Railroad Crossing – Use & Maintenance – Removal or Repair
CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 002-144-17, 10 pp.) (R. Bryan Harwell, J.) 4:15-cv-01014; D.S.C. Holding: Pursuant to a written contract, defendant was responsible for the cost of maintaining a railroad crossing in Mullins. Even though the written contract expired in 1996, since plaintiff contends the parties continued to […]
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- Virginia Tech student got due process in hearing
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
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