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Case Against Union Pacific Certified as Class Action

posted 11:01 am Wed June 04, 2008 - Lewisville

tags: union • pacific • class • action

Channel 7 News - Case Against Union Pacific Certified as Class Action

A Lafayette County circuit judge has certified a case against Union Pacific as a class-action lawsuit and instructed lawyers to "promptly" notify members of the class.

The lawsuit alleges Union Pacific officials pressured families of those injured or killed by trains to quickly settle for amounts lower than what they might have received with a lawyer's help.

Phillip Duncan of Little Rock, a lawyer for three Arkansas residents who brought the suit, said the class includes people involved in accidents between 1992 and February 14th, 2005, who settled with the company without a lawyer. They must be Arkansas residents and non-railroad employees.

Duncan said at least 100 people fall within the class, but he expects there are many more.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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