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Pedestrians awarded $1 million settlement after crash with tow truck

By: Noah Schaffer
Published: December 30, 2011

Tags: New Jersey, train crash

Three N.J. pedestrians who were hit by a tow truck that collided with a cargo train in 2008 have settled a lawsuit for a combined $1 million.

Family gets $36 million settlement after train derailment

Published: October 20, 2011

Tags: burns, Illinois, pregnancy, train crash, wrongful death

The family of a Rockford, Ill. woman who died and whose pregnant daughter lost her baby in a 2009 train derailmentwill receive a $36.2 million settlement from Canadian National Railway.

Judge expected to approve $200 million settlement from crash

By: Tony Ogden
Published: September 14, 2010

Tags: California, public transportation, train crash

A $200 million settlement fund to compensate survivors and family members of 25 people killed in the 2008 Chatsworth Metrolink crash is expected to be approved today by a federal judge in Los Angeles, Calif.

Train engineer awarded $3.18 million

By: Susan Bocamazo
Published: February 8, 2010

Tags: train crash

A St. Louis County, Mo. jury has awarded $3.18 million to a locomotive engineer who was injured when the train he was working on was struck by another.

Lawsuit: Metro negligent in September bus crash

By: Justin Rebello
Published: January 15, 2010

Tags: train crash

A woman who was hit and critically injured by a bus in Washington, D.C., in September is suing Metro for $30 million.

LA Metrolink pays out $30M in 2005 crash

By: Pat Murphy
Published: October 15, 2009

Tags: train crash

After years of legal wrangling, Metrolink — the regional railroad system for Los Angeles — has spent $30 million to settle most of the lawsuits arising from the 2005 Glendale train crash that killed 11 and injured about 180, plaintiffs’ attorneys said Wednesday.