INDEX
49-CFR - View the full text of 49-CFR
online
A
Accident Data - 2004
Accident Data -2005
Accident Data - 2006 First
Quarter
ADA vs. FELA - Points of Legal Interest
ADA vs. FELA - Points of Legal Interest
Alabama State Docks
Derailment
All Things Considered - NPR Blasts the Railroad Industry
AMTRAK News
Asbestos Litigation, Will
It Ever Pass?
Asbestos Litigation - CSX
Turns The Tables
ASLRRA Marketing Awards - 2001
ASLRRA Safety Awards - 2001
Automobile Black Boxes - Three Articles
B
Bad Faith - Reversal of Verdict
Background Checks - Help Wanted
Background Checks - Haz Mat Security Plan Requirements
Blocked Crossing Law - Washington State Supreme Court
BLE Victory
Boiler Inspection Act - Improper Design
- Defense Verdict - Points of Legal Interest
C
Canada - Association of Regional Railways
Catastrophic Losses Hit $80
Billion for 2005
Cell Phones - The NTSB Perspective
Chiropractor Testimony - Inadmissibility - Points of Legal Interest
Class Action Lawsuits
Class Action Lawsuits - A Follow-Up
CN Purchases WC
Code of Federal Regulations - 49 CFR
Contracts
Contributory Negligence Defense Barred Under FELA - Points of Legal Interest
Contributory Negligence -
Missouri Approved Instructions
Crossing Accident - $8.7
Million Texas Verdict Reversed
CSX - Louisiana Upholds $850 Million Verdict - Points of Legal Interest
CSX - Louisiana Update - CSX Settles for $220 Million
D
Damages - Unmitigated and/or unproven -
Points of Legal Interest
Derailments - An Editorial
Disaster Handling - An Editorial
Drug & Alcohol Testing of Train
Crews - Points of Legal Interest
E
Email Privacy
Emergency Response Guidebook
Employee Safety Initiative Program
Employee Wage Benefits - Quarterly Topic
EPA - Environmental Screening Checklist & Workbook for Shortlines
Estoppel
Expert Witness Database
Expert Witnesses - Credibility - Points
of Legal Interest
Expert Witnesses - Inadmissible
Testimony - Points of Legal Interest
Expert Witnesses - Timely Disclosure
F
FELA - The Full Text
FELA - A Historical Perspective
FELA Defense - Prior Notice - Points of
Legal Interest
FELA Exposure - Fatigue - Bits and
Pieces
FELA - Carrier Negligence - Points of
Legal Interest
FELA - Causation
FELA - Heart Attack - Defense Verdict -
Points of Legal Interest
FELA - Improper Tools - Defense Verdict
- Points of Legal Interest
FELA - Cumulative Trauma - Defense
Verdict - Points of Legal Interest
FELA - Psychological Injury - Gottshall
Further Defined - Points of Legal Interest
FELA - Bad Footing - Defense Verdict -
Points of Legal Interest
FELA - Chair Collapsed - Defense
Verdict - Points of Legal Interest
FELA - Locomotive Crashworthiness -
Bits & Pieces
FELA - Snow Buildup on Tracks - Points
of Legal Interest
FELA - Bulletproof Windows on
Locomotive - Points of Legal Interest
FELA - Statute of Limitations - Defense Verdict - Points of Legal Interest
FELA - Apportionment - Points of Legal Interest
FELA - Rotator Cuff
Injuries - 2 Defense Verdicts & 1 Plaintiff Verdict - Points of Legal
Interest
Federal Preemption
Federal Preemption -
Trouble in River City
Federal Preemption - Quarterly Topic
Federal Preemption - Limitations -
Points of Legal Interest
Federal Preemption - Height of
Locomotive Steps - Points of Legal Interest
Flagman - Good Advice
FRA - Emergency Order 24
FRA - Monetary Threshold of Railroad Accidents Reporting Increased
FRA 2003 Safety Statistics
Frivolous Lawsuits
G
General Code of Operating Rules - GCOR
Genesee & Wyoming
Grade Crossing Safety Study - NTSB
Grade Crossing Signals -
Stop/Look/Listen
Grade Crossing Accidents - Assumption
of Risk - Points of Legal Interest
Grade Crossing Accidents - Negligence
of Motorist - Points of Legal Interest
Grade Crossing Accidents - Obstruction
of View - Points of Legal Interest
Grade Crossing Accidents - Pre-emption
Defense Failures - Points of Legal Interest
Grade Crossing Accidents - Malfunction
of Signals - Points of Legal Interest
Grade Crossing Accidents - Extra
Hazardous Crossing - Points of Legal Interest
Grade Crossing Accidents - An Investigation Guide
H
Hazardous Materials - Handling Claims from a Hazardous Train Derailment - Quarterly Topic
Haz Mat Security Plan
Hurricane Katrina
I
I.C.E. - In Case of Emergency
Invitees - Definition
J
Jake Jacobson
JAKE Awards 2000
Judicial Hellholes - 2003
Judicial Hellholes - 2004
Jury Awards - 2001 Top Ten
K
L
Leaking Tank Car -
$2Million Settlement
Licensee - Definition
Locomotive Event Recorders as Evidence
- Points of Legal Interest
Locomotive Inspection Act - In Use - Points of Legal Interest
M
Mitigation of Damages - Points of Legal
Interest
N
O
Occupational Illness - Lurking Liability
Occupied Crossing Rule
OSHA - The full text of the Occupational Safety
& Health Act online
P
Pioneer Railcorp News
Pollution - Validy of Insurance Policy
Exclusions
Premises Liability - Leaking Fire
Hydrant - Points of Legal Interest
Premises Liability - Escalator -
Points of Legal Interest
Premises Liability - Tripping Hazard -
Points of Legal Interest
Punitive Damages - Award Upheld by Arkansas Supreme Court
Punitive Damages - State Farm vs. Campbell Reaches Final Agreement - Points of Legal Interest
Punitive Damages - SCOTUS
Limits Scope
Q
R
RailAmerica News
RailAmerica News
Railcar Storage - An Entrepreneurial Opportunity
Railroad Accidents - The First 100 Years
Railroad Retirement Board - Fraudulent Collection of Benefits
Railroad Retirement Board -
2006 Tax Changes
Railroad Retirement Overhaul
Railroad Retirement & Survivors Improvement Act of 2001
Railroad Land Case
Settlement
Recreational Use Statutes
Releases - Validity - Points of Legal
Interest
Releases - Court Enforces Oral Settlement Agreement - Points of Legal Interest
Remote Control Handling of Locomotives
RRB - 2005 Insurance Taxes
S
Safety Appliance Act - Misaligned
Couplers - Points of Legal Interest
Safety Appliance Act - Misaligned
Couplers - Points of Legal Interest
Safety Appliance Act - Misaligned
Couplers - Points of Legal Interest
Safety Appliance Act - Misaligned Couplers - Points of Legal Interest
Safety Appliance Act - SAA Claim Established Despite Lack of Proof - Points of Legal Interest
Settlements and Self-Insured Retentions
Settlements - The Fine Art of Negotiations
Shortline Safety Improvements - 2001
Signal Maintenance & Federal Preemption
Snapshot Viewer - Download the Snapshot Viewer for Windows
Spoliation
Spoliation - A Follow-Up
Standing Train Doctrine
Statute of Limitations for US & Canada
STELLA Awards
Surveillance - Yea/Nay?
Surveillance - Yea/Nay? A Follow-Up
Surveillance - Yet Another Follow-Up - Points of Legal Interest
Switches - No Defects - Points of Legal
Interest
T
Title 49 - The Complete Text
Too Many Attorneys?
Tort Reform
Tort Reform - The Cost of
"Jackpot Justice"
Trespasser -
Definition
Trespasser - ATV Rider
Fatality on Tracks - Points of Legal Interest
Trespassers - Pennsylvania Case Law
Trespassers - Dealing With Uninvited
Guests
Trespasser - Minor - Defense Verdict -
Points of Legal Interest
Trespasser - Minor - Defense Verdict -
Points of Legal Interest
Trespasser - Minor - Defense Verdict - Points of Legal Interest
Trespasser - Minor - Defense Verdict - Points of Legal Interest
Trespasser - Minor - Defense Verdict - Points of Legal Interest
Trespasser - Minor - Defense Verdict - Points of Legal Interest
Trespasser - Minor -
Summary Judgment in Alabama
Trespasser - Intoxicated & Asleep
on Tracks - Points of Legal Interest
Trespassers - Dealing with Uninvited Guests - Quarterly Topic
U
UTU Racketeering Charges
V
Vegetation - Georgia
Appeals Court Ruling Precludes a Common-Law Cause of Action for Failure to Maintain Right of Way - Points of Legal Interest
W
Whistle Bans - Points of Legal Interest
Workplace Accidents - 2002
Workplace Safety - Frequency Severity
Index Explained
X
Y
Y2K Bug
Z
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