Settlement Doesn’t Always Mean Settling for Less
Settling cases before trial is an integral part of our civil justice system. In fact, this is what happens most frequently—cases are settled or are dismissed before a final ...
NTSB Report Gives Possible Cause of Metro Smoke Incident
The National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”) has released a 10-page document in its ongoing investigation into the causes of an electrical malfunction that filled a Metro ...
Another Metro Smoke-Related Incident
Metro Red Line Train Incident Another Metro smoke-related incident occured on Saturday, April 23, 2016, as an outbound eight-car Metro Red Line train was forced to reverse ...
Amtrak Seeks to Consolidate Philadelphia Derailment Lawsuits
Amtrak has requested consolidation of the lawsuits over the May 12, 2015 train derailment before a federal judge. On June 30, Amtrak, along with many plaintiffs, requested ...
Tragic Amtrak Disaster Reminder of RPDFA Act
The Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act was passed in 2008 in an effort to coordinate the response to rail disasters in the United States and assign ...
D.C. Metro Smoke Tragedy: What You Should Do
D.C. Metro Smoke Incident: What Happened On the afternoon of Monday, January 12, during rush hour, smoke filled the L’Enfant Plaza metro station in Washington, DC. The smoke, ...
What Happened On the D.C. Metro?
Monday’s L’Enfant Plaza Metro tragedy provides more questions than answers in its wake. As details slowly leak out, the National Traffic and Safety Board (NTSB) has said only ...
Class Action vs. Mass Tort
Mass Tort and Class Action: What’s the Difference? Most people have heard of class action lawsuits but, there is another type of litigation—termed “mass tort” litigation— that ...