tag: Metro North

• Passengers Injured When Metro North Train Derails

  By mstratton | posted on October 6th, 2013

  Several Plaintiffs v. Metro North (Filed May-September 2013)(Federal Court CT): The NTSB is currently investigating this crash. Our early investigation shows that the track was loose in the vicinity of the Bridgeport station. In fact, we have identified two witnesses who experienced a near derailment at same section of track 1 week before. This has not been disclosed by Metro North. The crash cause several injuries. We represent six of the plaintiffs so injured. Related articles In rough year, NYC-area rail has high on-time rate Metro-North Promises More New Haven Line Trains, a Credit Program, and an Investigation Electrical Outage MORE

• Car Passengers Struck By Speeding Train

  By mstratton | posted on May 20th, 2013

  Mouning et al v. Metro North (Filed New Haven, May 2013): Mouning and his associate were passengers in a car that was struck by a speeding metro north train at a notoriously dangerous crossing in Redding, CT with a partial sight line. The railroad knew the crossing was dangerous for years and claims to have planned to fix it and install control gates for years but never did.  Mouning and Redmond were badly injured and two others were killed.  Shortly after the strike the gates were installed at the crossing . Related articles Official: Broken Rail Eyed In Conn. Train MORE