Railroads Win Class Certification Appeal in Price-Fix Case August 12, 2013 By Andrew Zajac and Tom Schoenberg The four largest U.S. railroad companies won their bid to reverse a ruling that turned a price- fixing lawsuit against...
Pedestrian Rail Deaths Get Little Notice: Report December 26, 2012 By TODD C. FRANKEL Around midnight on May 30, 2012, Mary Gaffney, 17, was struck and killed by a freight train in Riverdale Park,...
Illinois Senators Urge Railroads to Conduct More Inspections July 24, 2012 By MICHELLE JANAYE NEALY Illinois congressmen want federal watchdog agencies to ensure railroad companies are conducting frequent track inspections to prevent rail derailments resulting...