Christopher Scott Sheldon News Today

PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has dismissed without prejudice litigation from the sister of a man killed by a passing SEPTA train in Northeast Philadelphia nearly two years ago, a suit which contended that the Amtrak train company had a responsibility to construct protective fencing around the tracks it owned, where the incident occurred.

PHILADELPHIA – The estates of two minor children from Chester, who were killed in April by a passing Amtrak train going from New York to Washington, D.C., have opposed the transit company’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, in a lawsuit that claimed the company is liable for the children's deaths.

PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ordered litigation from a former Amtrak engineer who alleged he was terminated for reporting mismanagement and safety issues on rail line projects as stayed, pending an arbitration session.

PHILADELPHIA – Amtrak has denied liability for the death of a man at the hands of one of its trains more than a year-and-a-half ago, arguing that it had no responsibility to construct protective fencing around its own tracks.

PHILADELPHIA – Amtrak has motioned for judgment on the pleadings, in response to a lawsuit that claimed the company is liable for the deaths of two minor children from Chester, who were killed in April by a passing Amtrak train going from New York to Washington, D.C.

PHILADELPHIA – In its response to wrongful death litigation, Amtrak has denied responsibility for the deaths of two minor children from Chester, who were killed in April by a passing Amtrak train going from New York to Washington, D.C.