Ravenwood - 11/18/04 06:30 AM
This lady's lucky not to be in contention for a Darwin Award.
A Pennsylvania woman who was struck by a train has sued the rail company - for failing to warn her that trains travel on railroad tracks.While Norfolk and Southern will undoubtedly settle out of court, the evidence for a loser pays legal system continues to mount.Patricia M. Frankhouser filed suit on Nov. 4 seeking damages in excess of $30,000 from Norfolk Southern Corp., according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Last January, Frankhouser was hit by a train as she walked along railroad tracks in her hometown of Jeannette, Pa., a southeastern suburb of Pittsburgh.
Amazingly, she came away from the encounter with only a broken finger, some cuts and, according to the lawsuit, "pain."
Apparently, however, the incident was traumatic enough for her to hire a lawyer.
"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," Frankhouser's suit asserts.
It goes on to state that Norfolk Southern, based in Norfolk, Va., should have posted signs warning passersby "of the dangers of walking near train tracks and that the tracks were actively in use."
How can one honestly get hit by a train? It's not like you can't hear the damn thing coming from miles away.
Norfolk and Southern do not have any supersonic trains.
Posted by: roger at November 18, 2004 11:07 AMHow? One case I knew of: a drunken Airman at Cannon AFB got onto the steep slopes of the road overpass over the Santa Fe main line. When the train came through, somehow the combination of noise, wind, and maybe even shaking caused him to fall and roll down onto the tracks. They were picking up pieces of drunken fool for miles.
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