Court Allows Railroad Engineer to Allege Negligence by CSX Transportation in Amended Complaint

HAMMOND, Ind. — A federal judge has granted a railroad engineer leave to amend his personal injury complaint against CSX Transportation (NYSE: CSX) to allege that his injuries from allegedly hazardous fumes came from his diesel locomotive as well as from a leaking tank car the engine was hauling.

District Judge Jon E. DeGuilio said March 18 in allowing the motion that CSXT would not be prejudiced by Nicholas Howell’s alternative cause of action.

Howell alleges in a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana that he was overcome while his locomotive was passing …