VERDICT: $4,321,814, FELA, train collision due to switch error, lumbar annular tear, psychological… summary judgment on RR’s liability and striking RR’s contributory negligence defense. [Read more…]
Sanctions, frivolous contributory assertion
SANCTIONS: Equivocating admission of liability for train collision not violative of Rule 11, but continuing to assert contributory negligence after clearing conductor of wrongdoing for collision caused by other employee’s switch error requires sanctions, form to be determined post-trial… Pinski. [Read more…]