HAMMOND, Ind. - A locomotive engineer who alleges a lung injury as a result of inhaling toxic fumes while driving a train was granted leave March 18 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana to amend his complaint to add the theory that the fumes came from his locomotive as well as from a leaking tank car; a defense motion to exclude the causation expert retained by the engineer was denied in the same order (Nicholas Howell v. CSX Transportation Inc., No. 11-79, N.D. Ind.; 2013...(read more)
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