“I really want them to take it seriously. Griffin’s widow is suing Norfolk Southern and U.S. The National Transportation Safety Board is now investigating the incident, according to the outlet. Pipe, where the train car departed from earlier, should have done their jobs and inspected it.” We see a very straightforward situation where the folks at Norfolk Southern and the folks at U.S. “The law requires entities to do inspections of their loads before they actually leave the property. “ shouldn’t protrude in the first place,” he continued. This is something where there was clear fault by the individuals involved.” “This is something that is preventable, this is not just a random type of situation. “I see how it was described as a freak accident, but I do not think that is a proper characterization of it,” Griffin family attorney David Brown told WRBC. WBRC Griffin’s widow said he loved working for Norfolk Southern and had been at the company for six months before his death. 13 when a protruding beam from a parked freight car crashed through the cab of his passing Norfolk Southern train.

Walter James Griffin III, 43, was killed on Dec. Pipe Fabrication and others for wrongful death in in Jefferson County Circuit Court in January.Īttorneys for Griffin’s family alleged in the suit that the railway is at fault for not properly inspecting the train and freight car - both of which were owned by Norfolk Southern. Griffin’s widow, Sherita Fields, filed the suit against Norfolk Southern, U.S. Investigators deemed the incident a “freak accident.” He was in the cab with another conductor when their train passed by a parked freight car with a protruding beam that crashed through the window and struck Griffin in the head, killing him, Al.com reported. Walter James Griffin III, 43, was killed in the early morning hours of Dec. Video captures train smash into 18-wheel car carrier stuck on tracks during Florida stormġ1-year-old girl killed, mom injured by train after driving over tracksħ of 15 CDC workers assessing East Palestine chemical exposure got sickĪn Alabama woman whose husband was decapitated while training to be a Norfolk Southern conductor last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the embattled rail company. Train carrying hazardous materials derails in rural Maine

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