September 2, 2011
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 …
July 21, 2011
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 …
June 24, 2011
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 …
June 9, 2011
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 …