BOSTON — A personal injury law firm says it has been hired by several passengers who were on board the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority train that caught fire on a bridge last week, and has taken the first step toward a possible lawsuit against the transit agency.
WBZ Radio reports the firm Morgan & Morgan said in a release that it is “investigating if there were certain safety measures that were not in place that could have helped prevent the injuries our clients sustained in the panic.”
In the July 21 incident in Somerville, Mass., an Orange Line train caught fire after a metal part made contact with the electrified third rail, leading some passengers to break out windows to escape and one woman to jump into the river [see “Loose metal part struck third rail …,” Trains News Wire, July 22, 2022]. Reports at the time said no one was injured.
WBZ reports the law firm did not say how many passengers have become clients. Lawyers said they have made presentment claims on behalf of the riders in accordance with the Massachusetts Tort Claim Act, and will file suit if the state doesn’t respond within six months.
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