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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by KCMOWMAN</i> <br /><br />This is the most inane, non relevent question I have ever read on this site. <br /> <br />I thought this was a railroad forum? <br /> <br />Ford <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Actually its not. Arthur Anderson was charged criminally, even though it is not a "person" that you could cart off to jail. I think I recall that in the end the criminal conviction against the company was thrown out on appeal. <br /> <br />Now in the UK, after the Hatfield crash of several years ago, the corporation that maintained the track, along with their Chief Engineer, and several others responsible were charged criminally, in addition to civil suits against them. This was a case where there was a broken rail in a 125 mph curve, and it had been known fo almost a year, and even replacement rail placed along side, but never repaired. My point is that legal precidences (sp) run both ways across the Atlantic and you might see this happen here in the US in the future. Our law may not have provisions for it now, but it might be coming. (I think that there may aleardy be provisions in some OSHA laws) <br /> <br />Gabe, any comment?
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