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Train kills 3 teen girls crossing Florida bridge
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>In this type of accident, the lawyers will spin it every way possible, catwalk or no catwalk.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And in this particular case, if there is a lawsuit, it will not be difficult for the three young victims to gain the sympathy of a jury.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The lawyers will argue the following:</FONT></P><FONT face=georgia,palatino> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>1)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>The victims did not understand the hazard, and did not deserve to die simply for trespassing.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>2)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>The FEC understood the hazard of a trestle and train speed combination that could make it impossible to escape death for anyone who walked across the trestle.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>3)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>The FEC knew that people routinely crossed the trestle, and did not do enough to prevent people from doing so.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>4)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>The FEC could have provided a safety walkway that would have prevented the deaths, but did not.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>5)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>The signs were inadequate to convey the degree of hazard to those unfamiliar it.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>6)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>The FEC provided signs that were intended to protect the public from the hazard, and yet they allowed the signs to become damaged, knocked down, and illegible.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT face=georgia,palatino>7)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>Because the FEC applied no trespassing signs to the trestle and not to the rest of their trackage, it shows that they recognized the heightened hazard of the trestle.</FONT></P></SPAN>
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