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#1 CNJRoss

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Posted 20 September 2014 - 06:41 PM

News Tribune, LaSalle, IL, 9/19:

$1 million settlement after Car-vs.-train crash

OTTAWA — Plaintiffs Eric Rasmusen and family announced Thursday that through their attorneys, The Cantlin Law Firm, they have agreed to a $1 million settlement of their lawsuit against two defendants, Amtrak and BNSF Railroad.

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Posted 20 September 2014 - 08:29 PM

This stinks. It will set a horrible precedent for future cases. Sympathy for the family of an inattentive driver who put the vehicle in the path of the train won out over common sense that the train could not swerve around it.


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