Train death settlement tossed (The mother, an illiterate Guatemalan immigrant)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110820/NEWS97/708199839/-1#train-death-settlement-tossed

By Martha Stoddard

LINCOLN — The last car of a westbound train had just cleared the B Street crossing in Schuyler when Efrain Ramos-Domingo started across the double line of railroad tracks.

The 13-year-old didn’t see the on-rushing eastbound train on the second track until it was too late.

He died the afternoon of July 27, 2005.

Less than 48 hours later, an attorney from Union Pacific Railroad showed up to speak with his grieving mother.

The attorney offered sympathy and $15,000 if she would sign an agreement releasing the railroad from any liability in her son’s death.

The mother, an illiterate Guatemalan immigrant, signed.

FULL story at link.

[blueknight]

1. i worked for a railroad for 30 years

scummy motherfuckers. they WILL DEFINETLY try to take advantage of a grieving family. i have seen claim agents show up at the hospital numerous times when an employee had a catostrophic injury. as local chairman of my union it pleased me to no end to ask the doctor to have the railroad officials removed from the premises