Review
By: Pamela R. O'Dwyer, - January 15, 1997
Books like Train Accident Reconstruction and FELA & Railroad Litigation form the building blocks of our railroad cases. From brakes to wigwags, it's all covered. No attorney who is thinking of handling his first crossing case or a case under the FELA should be without this primer.
By: David A. Meyer, Minnesota Trial Lawyer Magazine - January 1, 1996
To anyone either practicing in this area, or with an occasional case involving railroad accidents and injuries, I strongly recommend adding this book to your library.
Reference and Research Book News - February 1, 2006
Of use to engineers, attorneys, law enforcement, private consultants, and railroad personnel, this text describes in detail the technical and legal issues that concern railroads and trains that apply to train collisions and FELA cases. Train accident reconstruction is the focus of 18 chapters which detail all aspects of trains and rail, including derailments; patron and worker slips, trips and falls; visibility and audibility at rail-highway grade crossing; and locomotive event recorders. FELA and railroad litigation is the subject of 16 chapters, with topics that include railroad harassment for FELA claimants and witnesses, an overview of FELA, its distinguishing characteristics, the FELA negligence claim, railroad safety laws and sample forms. Loumiet is a mechanical engineer who specializes in accident reconstruction; Jungbauer is an attorney specializing in railroad cases.
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Kindle Edition
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About the Author
William Jungbauer is President of the law firm of Yaeger, Jungbauer, Barczak & Vucinovich, LLP. The firm has been in existence representing injured railroad workers and their families for over seventy-five years. Bill is fifty-one years old, is married to Janet Jungbauer and lives in the Twin Cities area. Bill has been with the Yaeger, Jungbauer et al. firm for twenty-six years. He is admitted to numerous state and federal courts around the country including the U.S. Supreme Court. He is board certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He and his firm have attained the highest rating from Martindale-Hubbell attorney rating service. Bill is Designated Legal Counsel for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen of the IBT. He was elected and served as national chairman of the Designated Legal Counsel of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for three years. He was elected chairman of the Railroad Law Section of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA). He has handled railroad cases from Florida to Seattle, Maine to California and most points between with virtually every major railroad in the country. He has lectured to attorneys at seminars and at law schools from coast to coast on the subject of railroad law and litigation.
James R. Loumiet, President of James R. Loumiet & Associates, Inc. in Independence, Missouri is a nationally-renowned accident reconstruction consultant and expert for both railroad and highway accidents. Since 1986, Mr. Loumiet has been researching the reconstruction and analysis of collisions involving trains, highway vehicles, and pedestrians. He has actively published in these areas and some of his work has received national attention. Mr. Loumiet has also participated in braking and crash tests involving trains and highway vehicles and he has developed several computer programs to analyze train and vehicle performance during collisions and braking. Mr. Loumiet received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1988. He has consulted on hundreds of transportation accident cases in litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants and he has testified as an expert in federal, state, and local courts across the U.S. Mr. Loumiet is a charter member and past advisory board member of the National Association of Railroad Safety Consultants and Investigators and is also a member of several other professional organizations. He is also an associate of Railroad Litigation Experts with members across the U.S.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
