7 passengers on derailed train sue Amtrak, BNSF Railway
Workers stand near train tracks Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, next to overturned cars from an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday near Joplin, Mont., killing three people and injuring others. Federal investigators are seeking the cause of the derailment. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press)
HELENA (AP) — An Illinois law firm filed lawsuits Monday against Amtrak and BNSF Railway on behalf of seven passengers who were on an Amtrak train when it derailed in north-central Montana late last month, killing three and injuring dozens of others.
The lawsuits were filed in federal court in Illinois on behalf of a Massachusetts couple, a Pennsylvania couple, an Indiana couple and a Montana man who were all injured in the Sept...
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