Trials & Litigation
Injured Amtrak worker is among the first to file suit over Philadelphia train wreck
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An injured Amtrak employee is among the first to sue over this week’s fatal train wreck in Philadelphia.
Bruce Phillips filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.
His lawyer, Michael Olley of Coffey Kaye Myers & Olley, said the suit is the first filed by his firm, which had been waiting for all passengers to be accounted for, the Legal Intelligencer (sub. req.) reports.
Phillips was not a member of the Amtrak crew working that night but was taking the train to New York.
Related coverage:
ABAJournal.com: “Suits over fatal Philadelphia Amtrak crash will depend on what NTSB finds: Was train going too fast?”
