Wrongful Death Lawsuit Leads to $29M Award
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF) has agreed to pay a record $29.1 million in a wrongful death lawsuit to the families of four young people killed during a 2003 automobile accident . The wrongful death lawsuits claimed that the driver of a BNSF freight train—traveling 60 miles per hour—ignored a warning and tried to beat the crossing signal,