First thing we'll do is shoot all the lawyers
Boing Boing tells us of the latest tale of ambulance-chasing.
A Jeanette, Pennsylvania woman is suing Norfolk Southern railroad because a train hit her when she was walking along the tracks. Patricia M. Frankhouser suffered a broken finger, cuts, and pain. From Pittsburgh Live:"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," the suit states.
The term 'Frivolous lawsuit' is totally inadequate to describe nonsense like this. Norfolk Southern should countersue for the emotional distress suffered by the traincrew.
Posted by TimHall at November 12, 2004 08:12 PM | TrackBackyou are being a little hasty: not everyone cn be expected to know that big, fast moving freight trains are dangerous....
Like everything else, they should have been made idiot proof years ago.
Posted by: John Rogers on November 15, 2004 04:52 PMAnd we should also have lifting barriers on all road intersections!
Personally, I'd mount a disintegrator ray on the nose of each locomotive, to vapourise any obstructions on the line. Try to beat the train on a grade crossing and you're cosmic dust! And the dead can't sue....