A jury awarded damages to Mary Johnson, who required a leg amputation, lost multiple fingers and sustained brain damage after a train struck her in Houston.
Lawyers for Johnson, a teacher at a middle school in Houston at the time of the incident, said that she was struck because the engineer and conductor on board had failed to stop the train before it hit her.
It said the rail workers failed to engage an emergency stop even after recognizing that Johnson was not moving. "Railroad companies like Union Pacific have enjoyed the privilege of using tracks that run through the heart of our cities, communities, and neighborhoods for years, and with that privilege comes a responsibility to operate safely," Kyle Findley, Johnson's attorney, said in a statement.
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