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Montana Jury Awards $2M in Injury Lawsuit Against Railroad

A jury has awarded a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway employee $2 million in a lawsuit over a 2001 back injury that required surgery and causes chronic pain. The jury returned the verdict Friday after a trial before District Judge …

Army Corps Issues Storm Contract in Louisiana

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded an $8.3 million contract to Louisiana-based Cajun Constructors to build a closure structure at the Union Pacific Railroad Crossing in St. Charles Parish. The approximately nine-month contract calls for installing a new …

Supreme Court Says Man Can Collect Damages from Railroad

The Supreme Court says a man can use a federal law to collect damages against a railroad. The high court on Thursday ruled in a 5-4 decision that CSX Transportation, Inc. should compensate Robert McBride for an accident under the …

Railroads Charged With Price-Fixing in Lawsuit

Oxbow Mining filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe, saying the railroads conspired to raise prices on customers like the Colorado coal mine that Oxbow runs. Oxbow said in the lawsuit that the two …