Remember... trains run on tracks....

[MrRant]

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., 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.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138751,00.html"

[Guest Shutterspeed]

The judicial system will have officially gone to hell when you can post the story of her winning in court.

[Vanhalen]

Just when you think Americans cant get any stupider, whomph another thing comes along to prove you wrong

[muzz]

I would figure getting struck by a train would result in death.

[AndrewTS]

"Amazingly, she came away from the encounter with only a broken finger, some cuts and, according to the lawsuit, 'pain.'"

 

*Almost* Unbreakable.

[2GOLD]

If this turns into a jury case and they BUY IT, I want every one of those jurors tossed into a swimming pool of hungry and abused sharks.

 

I mean come the hell on.

[Cuban Linx]

Hopefully they make a warning sign and beat her repeatedly in the head with it for this stupidity, i'm sure she'll learn to stay the fuck off the tracks after that.

[Guest P!NK.]

She must have had her iPod turned way up to, you know, not actually hear the train coming.

[Ted the Poster]

Just when you think Americans cant get any stupider, whomph another thing comes along to prove you wrong

Or maybe you're generalzing like an ass.

[Guest CronoT]

I would figure getting struck by a train would result in death.

The conductor must have been smarter than her, because he/she appearently slowed down the train. Otherwise, she would be dead.

[Lord of The Curry]

Just when you think Americans cant get any stupider, whomph another thing comes along to prove you wrong

Or maybe you're generalzing like an ass.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/19/turkey.a...s.ap/index.html

 

You sure about that?

[Guest P!NK.]

It's only stupid if you get caught.

[2GOLD]

Just when you think Americans cant get any stupider, whomph another thing comes along to prove you wrong

Or maybe you're generalzing like an ass.

 

Meat man, you gotta admit. Most of the people in our country have screws loose. I can't disagree cause I even said it and I live in this country.

 

I didn't think we could get stupider, but sure enough. PA PROVES ME WRONG!

[Ted the Poster]

In some way a lot of people are a bit nuts, sure. But a good portion of that has got to do with being the most powerful and wealthiest country in the world. I just hate it when people assume we're all low-class, nose-picking, arrogant, war hungry jackasses. Bitching about the government is fine, I do it too, but don't assume that because there are greedy, moronic, and violent individuals in the nation that we all think and/or act that way. Whenever someone says "Well, 51% of America is stupid because they voted for Bush" I want to hurl them through a window. It's that type of generalization that is a true showing of ignorance.

 

The turkey thing happening in New York, though, was no suprise to me at all. Still, I'm sure I could very easily find a bunch of articles about idiot Canadians, LOTC.

[Lord of The Curry]

No doubt. You're not gonna get many arguments from me that Canadians have done dumbass shit. Ours is just on a different level then yours.