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Burlington Northern Train Collision Lawsuit

Burlington Northern Train-Car Collision Lawsuit Update: Burlington Northern was penalized $4.2 million dollars for abuse of evidence and misrepresentations to opposing counsel and the court.

In June 2008, an Anoka County jury issued a $21.6 million verdict against Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Company for a car-train collision that killed four people. The plaintiff’s argued that the car was hit by the Burlington Northern freight train when the gates and warning lights at a railroad crossing malfunctioned.

In October of 2009, a Washington County District Judge ruled that the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad abused evidence and penalized an additional $4.2 million for its conduct.
District Court Judge Ellen Maas wrote in her ruling:
"The breadth of (the railroad's) misconduct in this case is staggering; beginning within minutes of the accident, up to and through the trial. The plaintiffs have established that (the railroad's) misconduct did indeed strain the limits of the civil justice system."
The judge ruled that Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Company destroyed, mishandled and tampered with evidence and made so many misrepresentations that the judge “lost count.”

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