LCBF successfully tries first Spuyten Duyvil derailment case

LCBF successfully defended Metro-North Railroad in the first claim arising out of the 2013 Spuyten Duyvil train derailment to go to trial. In Herbert v Metro-North Railroad (U.S. Dist. Ct., Southern District of New York), plaintiff, the assistant train conductor, claimed that she sustained numerous physical and psychological injuries that prevented her from ever returning to gainful employment. Defendant did not contest liability, but LCBF argued that plaintiff's injuries resolved and that she was capable of future employment. Despite plaintiff's counsel asking the jury to award over $4 million in damages, the jury awarded only $835,000 in total damages. Andrew Keaveney headed the LCBF team.