Amtrak - Lawsuit Victim
Brian Hopkins, aged 25years, and his family have filed a lawsuit against Amtrak because he got severely burnt when he touched some 27,500 volts of high tension cables, when he climbed up to the roof of an empty train at 2am in the morning at Boston’s South Station in 2006. His argument was that although he was trespassing at the station, Amtrak should have known that people trespass and climb on top of trains, and therefore the company should have parked its trains somewhere else or warned people that playing around with 27,500volt cables could result in death.
Is it only in America that you can find such lawsuits?
1 response so far ↓
1 Mark Massa // Sep 5, 2009 at 2:29 pm
YEs there ARe Warnign signs! Many AMTRAK rolling stoack that travels the Northeast Corridor have Warnign signs ON them stating Danger Live Overhead wire and/or Danger 25,000 Volts. HOw much warnign does one need? Also is this guy REALLY an Architect?
It’s nearly impossible to get a license before age 26 because of education and experience requirements (5 years college, 3 years of interning and passing 9 tests that take a week in total to take)
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