Union Pacific Hit With $557 Million Train Collision Verdict (1)

A Texas state jury found that Union Pacific owes $557 million in damages to a woman who suffered brain damage and amputations following a collision with one of its trains.

A jury held that Union Pacific was 80% responsible for the accident, holding plaintiff Mary Johnson 20% responsible. The jury awarded $500 million in punitive damages and $57 million in compensatory damages.

Johnson was struck by a Union Pacific train on March 5, 2016. Union Pacific’s engineer could have stopped the train before striking Johnson if he had followed a regulation that makes locomotives bright enough to illuminate the tracks ...