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I found the item below on Fox News - read it and weep! Bob Boudreau "Caution: Do Not Walk on Tracks Wednesday, November 17, 2004 A Pennsylvania woman who was struck by a train has sued the rail company — for failing to warn her that trains travel on railroad tracks. Patricia M. Frankhouser filed suit on Nov. 4 seeking damages in excess of $30,000 from Norfolk Southern Corp. (search), according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Last January, Frankhouser was hit by a train as she walked along railroad tracks in her hometown of Jeannette, Pa., a southeastern suburb of Pittsburgh. Amazingly, she came away from the encounter with only a broken finger, some cuts and, according to the lawsuit, "pain." Apparently, however, the incident was traumatic enough for her to hire a lawyer. "Defendant's failure to warn plaintiff of the potential dangers negligently provided plaintiff with the belief she was safe in walking near the train tracks," Frankhouser's suit asserts. It goes on to state that Norfolk Southern, based in Norfolk, Va., should have posted signs warning passersby "of the dangers of walking near train tracks and that the tracks were actively in use."
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