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#111 CNJRoss

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Posted 24 March 2021 - 06:13 PM

The News-Tribune, Tacoma, WA 3/24/21

 

Court: Amtrak, not engineer, liable for deadly 2017 derailment near DuPont

 

 

A Pierce County Superior Court judge has ruled that Amtrak is strictly liable for the claim of its engineer who sued for his injuries after a deadly 2017 derailment near DuPont.

 

“The judge will instruct the jury that the court has already ruled that Amtrak is 100 percent at fault, what we call strict liability here,” Fred Bremseth, one of the engineer’s attorneys, told The News Tribune earlier this month.

 

The ruling means the trial scheduled later this year will be to determine damages, Bremseth said, without “the back and forth of the blame game.”

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Posted 31 May 2021 - 12:02 PM

Seattle, WA Times, 5/30/21:

 


 

   Fired Amtrak engineer opens up about 2017 DuPont crash, why he wants back in a locomotive  

 

 

When he first realized his Amtrak locomotive would roll at 80 mph into a sharp left curve, engineer Steven Brown kept faith he’d make it to the other side.

 

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Posted 23 November 2021 - 06:30 PM

Seattle, WA Times, 11/23/21:

 


 

    Jury awards Seattle woman $6.9 million for injuries suffered in 2017 Amtrak Cascades crash    

 

 

A federal jury on Tuesday awarded a Seattle woman nearly $6.9 million in damages for injuries she suffered as a passenger on the Amtrak Cascades 501 train that derailed at high speed near DuPont, Pierce County, in December 2017.

 

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Posted 04 April 2022 - 11:07 PM

KCPQ-TV, Fox-13 in Seattle, WA, 4/4/22:

 


 

   Jury awards woman injured in 2017 Amtrak derailment $8M      

 

 

A federal jury in Tacoma has awarded $8 million in damages to a woman injured in the 2017 Amtrak derailment in DuPont


 

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Posted 06 June 2022 - 05:12 PM

Seattle, WA Times, 6/6/22:

 


 

   Former Amtrak engineer receives settlement in 2017 DuPont crash    

 

 

Amtrak has agreed to pay ex-engineer Steven Brown for his pain and suffering caused by the 2017 derailment when his train sped off a curve in DuPont, killing three people and injuring dozens.

 

 

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Posted 08 June 2023 - 12:23 AM

KDVR-TV, Fox-31 in Denver, CO, 6/7/23:
 

 

  Man walking 5 years after Amtrak crash paralyzed him   

 

Sitting at Axon Integrative Health in Denver, Tim Brodigan tells his story. 

 

“I just remember waking up in a hospital,” Brodigan said.

 

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