(Newswire.net — May 14, 2015) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania With eight deaths confirmed from this Wednesday May13th train derailment in Philadelphia, questions are arising on whether negligence played any part in the loss of life and massive injury cases reported by local health authorities.
Philadelphia mayor: “Clearly irresponsible.”
With no less than the Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter confirming the fears that it was no freak accident, it’s probable that someone or some people slept on the job.
“It’s clearly, at a minimum, irresponsible to have a train going so fast,” said Mayor Nutter.
As the city authorities confirm that all the passengers have been accounted for, the question their families and city officials will be asking is whether all the serious injuries and death could have been avoided.
The train which was carrying 238 passengers and 5 crew bound for New York was reported to have been speeding at 106 mph which is said to be double the maximum speed it should have been motoring on at that particular corner where it derailed. Ginsburg and Associates are closely monitoring the investigations on the crash to determine if the serious injuries in Philadelphia and the deaths of passengers were heralded by the direct commission or omission of the staff at Amtrak, the company that operates the ill-fated train.
Representation and compensation
Ginsburg and Associates have been representing people who have suffered injury and survivors of persons who have suffered wrongful death caused by negligence in transportation since 1980. They are of the opinion that the victims and the survivors should be represented in the investigations especially when the probable cause of the train crash is already being attributed to human error.
In incidents like this, like other motoring accident scenarios, claims for compensation will surely arise as the affected exercise their right of legal recourse brought about by the unfortunate occurrence of serious injury and wrongful death in Philadelphia. The victims and their families should demand answers from the concerned authorities and the train operator as to what was done or not done before the crash.
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Contacting ginsburg-law.com is a good step towards filing claims for personal injury and wrongful death, licensed in PA, NJ and NY.