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25 Oct 2006, 10:36 am
This morning, down on Capitol Hill, the House Transportation & Infrastructure and National Railroad Passenger Corporation unveiled a joint report on Amtrak and its law department. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 6:25 am by railroadaccidentfelalawyer
While it’s much too early to name a specific cause — investigations of rail crashes involving loss of life can take years – I know that ensuring the safety and health of all passengers and workers must always be the highest priority of any railroad corporation. [read post]
5 Oct 2015, 2:29 pm by Amy Howe
The Court opened its new Term this morning with oral arguments in a California woman’s case against the Austrian national railroad:  Carol Sachs is seeking to hold the railroad responsible in U.S. courts for an accident in which she lost both of her legs, while the railroad argues that a 1976 law, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, bars lawsuits against it. [read post]
9 Jun 2008, 4:26 am
A business wire release of June 9 states: Amtrak, also known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, based in Washington, D.C., and Ronald A. [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 5:46 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
Adler) Gary Leff reports on a new Amtrak program whereby those who join the National Association of Railroad Passengers, a D.C. [read post]
15 Apr 2015, 7:09 am by Ed. Microjuris.com Puerto Rico
Association of American Railroads Decidido: 9 de marzo de 2015 En 1970, el Congreso de los Estados Unidos creó la National Railroad Passenger Corporation, mejor conocida como Amtrak. [read post]
29 Apr 2016, 12:00 pm by Lyle Denniston
Friday’s ruling did not directly disturb the role of Amtrak as the sole operator of the nation’s passenger train — a duty given to it by Congress when the for-profit corporation was first created in 1970. [read post]
23 Mar 2017, 10:08 am by Altman & Altman
A supervisory special agent working within the inspector general’s office of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, referred to colloquially as Amtrak, has been reinstated and awarded a hefty sum of over $892,000 by the railroad company after he was terminated for raising safety concerns about a contractor hired by Amtrak. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 6:00 am by Jeffrey M. Reiff
We believe that pilots, drivers, and railroad operators ought to pay attention to the job at task rather than become distracted in conversations which ignore the safety of passengers. [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 4:06 am by railroadaccidentfelalawyer
Lawyers at our firm have served as chairmen of the railroad section of the American Association for Justice, the largest national victim’s injury attorney organization, and one of our attorneys wrote a major legal encyclopedia section on railroad safety litigation. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 10:13 am
Here’s what I wrote about the case earlier in my Reason.org blog post: Amtrak, formally called the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, was created by statute in 1970. [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 9:56 am by Joseph A. Ranney
” The Potter Law set maximum freight and passenger rates and allowed no exceptions even if the rates prevented a railroad from making a profit. [read post]
5 May 2017, 6:00 am by Karl Bayer
by Mark Kantor and Karl Bayer In National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 5:30 am by railroadaccidentfelalawyer
NTSB’s recommendations seem particularly appropriate for the passenger and freight rail lines that operate in Norfolk and Newport News, Virginia (VA), where I practice railroad law. [read post]
11 Sep 2011, 6:04 am by railroadaccidentfelalawyer
  We filed suit for the officer against his former employer, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) seeking recompense for the work-related injury. [read post]
5 Dec 2014, 9:07 pm by Lyle Denniston
Congress came to passengers’ rescue in 1970, passing the Rail Passenger Service Act, which created the National Rail Passenger Corp. [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 9:25 am by railroadaccidentfelalawyer
As high a priority as rail companies must place on meeting schedules and delivering freight or passengers, railroads must always put safety first. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 10:50 am
I’ve written about the case before, in a Reason.org blog post: Amtrak, formally called the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, was created by statute in 1970. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 8:41 am
Here’s what I wrote about the case earlier in my Reason.org blog post: Amtrak, formally called the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, was created by statute in 1970. [read post]