[PRCo] Not Trolley Related, But Definitely Pittsburgh

[Ken & Tracie]

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."

Nowhere in the filing does it say whether Frankhouser heard the train =
coming, why she failed to get out of the way or even whether she was =
walking alongside or in between the rails.

Her attorney did not return the Tribune-Review's call.

- Thanks to Out There reader T.J. H.



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