Abameli benhlekelele kaloliwe kazwelonke eSaltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC namuhla bafake icala okukholakala ukuthi liyicala lokuqala egameni lomgibeli olimele esigamekweni esiyingozi sangoMsombuluko sokushona kukaloliwe i-Amtrak eMendon, eMissouri.
Isikhalo sisola ubudedengu ekwakhiweni kwendawo yokuwela ujantshi ebingenazo izinto eziyisisekelo zokuphepha njengamalambu axwayisayo namasango osekuphele iminyaka engaphezu kwekhulu esetshenziswa. Isikhalo siphinde siveze ukuthi isitimela sidayiswe ngokweqile okuholele ekutheni kube nezimo zezimoto ezithwala izinkomo.
Isikhalo samacala amaningi esibhekiswe kubamangalelwa Amtrak, BNSF Railway, kanye ne-MS Contracting, LLC, Inc., efakwe eNkantolo Yesifunda Yase-US Yesifunda Esisempumalanga Yase-Missouri, ichaza ngokulimala ngokomzimba nangokomzwelo kukaJanet Williams, waseDubuque, e-Iowa, owayebuyela ekhaya evela kovakashela umndeni I-New Mexico lapho ejikijelwa esihlalweni ngokuzumayo, eshayiswa yimithwalo, futhi echotshozwa abanye abagibeli njengoba imoto yakhe yesitimela iphaphatheka eceleni kwayo.
Ummeli wezokuphepha kojantshi uRobert J. Mongelluzi, uMongameli we-SMB, uthe kulandela ukufakwa kwesicelo, “U-Amtrak, umqhubi wesitimela, kanye no-BNSF, umnikazi wesitimela, behlulekile ukusebenzisa izinto eziyisisekelo zokuphepha eziwela ujantshi ezifana nezibani ezixwayisayo namasango okuwela. . Igunya lokuqala lamasango okuwela ujantshi lakhishwa ngo-August 27, 1867. Kuyadabukisa ukuthi laba bamangalelwa abazange basebenzise lezi zinsimbi zokuphepha ezilula, eziphumelelayo nezingabizi ebezisindisa ukuphila iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-150.”
Uzakwethu we-SMB uJeffrey P. Goodman, inhloko yenkampani ye-Railway Accident Litigation Group, wanezela, “Njengoba sisho efayilini lanamuhla, i-Amtrak yagcwala ngamabomu lesi sitimela e-Kansas City ngokuvumela abagibeli abengeziwe esitimeleni, i-Amtrak eyazi ukuthi azinazo izihlalo ezitholakalayo. . Abagibeli abengeziwe nemithwalo kubangele ukugcwala kwezimoto zezinkomo futhi kwabeka bonke abagibeli engozini.” UGoodman wengeze ngokuthi, “nakuba sisaqhubeka nokuphenya ngokugcwele ngazo zonke izimbangela zale nhlekelele, kubonakala kulesi sigaba sokuqala ukuthi ukuminyana kwezimoto zezitimela kwaba ukwehluleka okubalulekile kwezokuphepha kwe-Amtrak, imiphumela yako ebonakala ngezinga lokulimala kanzima kanye nokulimala kanzima. abashonile."
UMnu. Goodman waphawula ukuthi i-Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC isivele ihlanganise ithimba lochwepheshe bezinga lomhlaba ukuze baphenye le nhlekelele kuhlanganise nabaphenyi bangaphambili be-NTSB, abaqhubi bezitimela, abakha kabusha bezingozi, kanye nonjiniyela be-biomechanical. Abameli abamele uNkk Williams bathi usashaqekile ngalesi sigameko, kodwa ukhumbula kahle, ngaphambi kokuma kwe-Kansas City, izimemezelo zabasebenzi bezitimela ezithi isitimela besigcwele ngokweqile nokuthi abagibeli kuzodingeka bathathe noma iyiphi indawo etholakalayo, okuhlanganisa ikhefi nezimoto zokubuka. Umeluleki wabo ngu-Greg G. Gutzler, we-DiCello Levitt Gutzler ozinze e-Chicago.
Abameli becala elizinze ePhiladelphia uMongeluzzi noGoodman bebephakathi kwabameli abahamba phambili ezingozini eziningi ezihlanganisa nokuchithwa kwe-Amtrak Train 2015 ngo-188 kwashona abantu abayisishiyagalombili; ukuchezuka kwesitimela i-Amtrak e-Montana ngo-2021 esabulala abantu abathathu, nezinye izingozi eziyingozi eSouth Carolina, ePennsylvania naseNew Jersey. Bebelokhu bekhuthaza ukuthi kuthuthukiswe ukuphepha kukajantshi, okuhlanganisa i-Positive Train Control (PTC), izindawo zokuwela okulawulwa kangcono, kanye nezinqola eziphephile, ezizokwenza ngcono ukusinda ezingozini. Ngaphezu kolwazi lwabo lokumela izisulu emizileni yesitimela, uMnu. Mongeluzzi kanye noMnu. Goodman phambilini babengabameli abahamba phambili bezisulu ekucwileni kwe-amphibious Stretch Duck Boat 07 eBranson, eMissouri ngo-2018 okwabulala abantu abangu-17.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Williams said she is still in shock from the incident, but she vividly recalls, prior to the Kansas City stop, announcements from the train crew stating the train was overly crowded and that passengers would have to occupy any available space, including the café and observation cars.
- Goodman added, “although we continue to fully investigate all causes of this tragedy, it appears at this preliminary stage that the overcrowding of train cars was a vital safety failure by Amtrak, the effects of which can be seen by the extent of serious injuries and deaths.
- Mongelluzi, President of SMB, said following the filing, “Amtrak, the operator of the train, and BNSF, the owner of the tracks, failed to use basic railroad crossing safety devices such as warning lights and crossing gates.
