Woman sues Norfolk Southern - a news item:

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What an idiot. Talk about frivolous lawsuits!!

 

Steve Shetter

 

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Subject: Woman sues Norfolk Southern - a news item:

 

Have you ever wondered why NS and other railroads are so unfriendly toward
"visitors" on their property?  Just read this news item from the Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review:

 

 

Woman struck by train sues Norfolk Southern

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A Jeannette, Pa., woman who was injured after being struck
by a train while walking along railroad tracks sued Norfolk Southern last
Thursday for failing to warn pedestrians that trains travel on tracks!,
according to a story on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review website. 

According to the suit, Patricia M. Frankhouser is seeking an unspecified
amount in excess of $30,000 from the railroad for a January 6 incident that
left her with a broken finger, cuts on her hand, and pain. Greensburg, Pa.
attorney Harry F. Smail, Jr., who represents Frankhouser, was not available
for comment. 

According to the suit, Frankhouser was walking along the tracks near Seventh
and Eighth streets in Jeannette. Smail argues that the railroad was
negligent for failing to post signs warning of the dangers of walking near
train tracks and that the t racks were actively in use. 

"Defendant's failure to warn plaintiff of the potential dangers negligently
provided plaintiff with the belief she was safe in walking near the train
tracks," the suit states. The filing does not indicate why Frankhouser
failed to hear the oncoming train and get out of its way. It also does not
state the manner of her apparent trespassing, whether she was crossing the
tracks or walking in between, or along, them. No hearing has been set.
Jeannette is 30 miles east of Pittsburgh on the main line to Altoona and
Harrisburg. 

 


Jerry Kay, Portsmouth, Virginia

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