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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98 [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal The filing fee for STB disputes is $65,000. Add in all the other legal fees and other costs, not to mention the threat of retaliation by BNSF for which you must come up with a rainly day fund, and you'll accumulate 10 times that filing fee. Then, with all that, the likelyhood that the STB will actually take the time to hear your case is still quite remote. Anyone still want to question why the multitude of victims are loath to take such legal actions against the Class I's? There is a proposal to reduce the filing fee from the $65,000 to a more logical $150. The STB is vehemiently opposed to this, for they fear they will subsequently be flooded with cases to ajudicate, which of course they will. Take note of this one seemingly small item, for it alone is the one thing that will cause the Class I's and the STB to start sweating bullets. BTW - no matter what your stand is on this issue, making references to the Anti-Christ and such only makes such posters look like complete imbeciles. You are an embarassment to the entire railfan community. [/quote]oh come on now..... you mean to tell me that with all the blood sucking lawyers out thier..that thier isnt 1 out thier that wants to make a name for himself..and collect a nice legal free for "punitive"damages....come on.... if they had a chance in hell...a class action lawer would have jumped at this a long time ago....but since it dont seem to have happend.... they are just going to blackmail the carrier by trying to get the goverment to "punish" the carrier.... csx engineer [/quote] CSX, you missed the vital point here - there is no guarantee that the STB will hear your case, even if you manage to find a bloodsucking lawyer [}:)] that isn't on BNSF's payroll[:D]. The question you have to ask yourself is, will it cost more to fight this thing than it will to pay the higher rates?
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