{"id":4317,"date":"2012-05-01T11:59:42","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T18:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/?p=4317"},"modified":"2013-04-03T15:11:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T22:11:36","slug":"bnsf-pays-29m-in-largest-minnesota-wrongful-death-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gordon-elias.com\/blog\/4317\/bnsf-pays-29m-in-largest-minnesota-wrongful-death-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"BNSF Pays $29M in Largest Minnesota Wrongful Death Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. PAUL, Minn. \u2014 BNSF agreed to pay a $29M settlement to the families of four young people who tragically died in a train crash in Anoka on the night of Sept. 26, 2003. One of the victims, 23-year old Brian Frazier of Newport, was driving the car when a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train hit the car at a rail crossing. Frazier and three others were killed.<\/p>\n

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After a long legal battle, BNSF agreed to settle with the families instead of appealing the jury verdict to the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

“It happened so quickly that I didn’t believe it was true,” said Dave Shannon, whose daughter Bridgette, 17, of Ramsey, was the youngest of the four victims.<\/p>\n

John Ambler, BNSF vice president of corporate relations, confirmed Monday that the “judgment has been satisfied” and that the company has “no plans to appeal.”<\/p>\n

“We continue to have deep sympathies for the families and are sad for their loss,” he said.<\/p>\n

Burlington Northern had 30 days after the March 28 Minnesota Supreme Court ruling to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, however it would have been a long shot for the highest Court to hear a final appeal, and filing it could have delayed the conclusion of the case.<\/p>\n

The settlement is among the largest wrongful-death settlements ever in Minnesota, surpassing the $25 million stemming from the plane crash that killed Sen. Paul Wellstone nearly 10 years ago.<\/p>\n

Source: Star Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n

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Posted by railroad injury lawyer<\/a> Gordon &amp Elias, LLP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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