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DAVIS trucking looses evidence dispute to AMTRAK & UP
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes, the driver may have been distracted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, whether he should have reacted when the lights began versus when the gate came down is beside the point because he was too far away to see the crossing when the warning system activated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may dismiss the failure of the gate arm, but I am betting that it will carry a lot of weight with the jury.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe I have read that there are now 15 lawsuits underway concerning the 6/24/11 crash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For it to now be discovered that the warning system had partially failed is huge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">If the gate was raised during the collision, and down after the collision, I wonder if they will ask the witnesses if somebody pulled it down after the collision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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