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In the years between 1889 and 1920, railroad use in the U.S. expanded six-fold. With this expansion, the dangers to the railroad worker increased. President Benjamin Harrison addressed these dangers in a speech to the United States Congress in 1889, in which he compared the plight of the railroad worker to those of a soldier at war:
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co., 248 N.Y. 339, 162 N.E. 99 (1928), is a leading case in American tort law on the question of liability to an unforeseeable plaintiff.The case was heard by the New York Court of Appeals, the highest state court in New York; its opinion was written by Chief Judge Benjamin Cardozo, a leading figure in the development of American common law and later a United ...
Classification of railway accidents, both in terms of cause and effect, is a valuable aid in studying rail (and other) accidents to help to prevent similar ones occurring in the future. Systematic investigation for over 150 years has led to the railways' excellent safety record (compared, for example, with road transport ).
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1921 Porter Train Wreck, Porter, Indiana; 37 killed plus 100+ injured. Eventually led to the requirement of cab signaling in the U.S. [108] 1921 Bryn Athyn Train Wreck, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania; 27 killed plus 70 injured [109] 1922 Winslow Junction train derailment, Winslow Junction, New Jersey; 7 killed plus 89 injured [110]
It was the deadliest train accident within New York City since a 1991 subway derailment in Manhattan, and the first accident in Metro-North's history to result in passenger fatalities. The additional $60 million in legal claims paid out as of 2020 have also made it the costliest accident in Metro-North's history.
Landskroner received more than $10 million in attorney fees from the city. He died in 2021 after an illness. The city continues to pursue the recovery of the attorney fees paid to Landskroner in ...
In that same span, 13 railway employees have died in train accidents. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. In Other News.