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Recent News About BNSF Railway Company

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  From Legal Newsline

  California jury awards $1.63 million in case against BNSF after plaintiff had rejected $50K settlement

  By Glenn Minnis | 11 months ago

  SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Just weeks after rejecting a $50,000 pre-trial settlement offer from his former employer in a personal injury suit, one-time California maintenance worker David Arizaga walked away on Jan. 10 with a $1.63 million verdict against BNSF Railway Co.

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  BNSF Railway makes opening statement over maintenance worker's alleged injuries in San Bernadino

  Even as attorneys for BNSF Railway Co. concede that the company failed to safeguard some of its equipment, they argued during opening statements of a trial where a former laborer suffered serious impairment that they should not be held liable for injuries that they insist are nowhere near as grave as the victim contends.

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  Appeals court allows preliminary injunction of SB 84

  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction preventing implementation of a California law imposing railroad fees on certain hazardous materials.