Trespasser Tries to Zap Amtrak Back with Lawsuit

Isn't it true that insanity runs in all families? Maybe this guy got an extra dose! There is some suspicion of insanity in America's court system too. Let us hope that the judge assigned is having a good day and laughs this case outa court!!! Maybe he even might have the good sense to levy a fine and court costs on the trespasser for being a nuisance to Amtrak and society!!!

Does it every to occur to anyone that if you get "electrocuted", you are dead?

The man was shocked. Not "severely electrocuted".

Unbelievable, the drunk Ivy Leaguer gets banged up and climbs up on one of our Acela train sets and it is someone Else's fault. The scary thing is his Mommy and Daddy's money will hire the right shark and Amtrak will fold as they always do and pay up. The we should of cited him for trespassing that morning while he was still smoldering at Mass General. I would say "what a set of balls", but those where burnt off along with his leg and hand.

I apologize if I offended. I just find it offensive that no one takes responsibility for their stupidity.

wow, the story in The Journal News (from the link) is completely different than the version in the Post.

"The White Plains man was standing on a Boston train platform when an overhead wire broke loose and shocked him in a freak accident."

Hopefully Candice Ferrette of The Journal News

spoke to this guy first hand and her testimony can be used to show that this guy is not only an idiot, but a liar.

http://m.lohud.com/news.jsp?key=74412

Is the link I tried to insert in the previous post

He likely will win, even though this suit is completely ridiculous. I guess common sense isn't something we should expect from someone who just graduated from Yale (notice how he changed his story, by the way).

As a burn victim, I sympathize with this guy's condition, but not at all with this lawsuit, which beyond frivolous.

He'll probably win. Two Princeton students did the same thing a few years ago, one died, one severely and permanently injured after scaling razor wired fences to climb on the trains and hang on the wires. Apparently the "No Trespassing" and "DANGER - HIGH VOLTAGE" signs were too difficult to understand. They sued NJ Transit and won.

Sort of wondering how they managed to get into Princeton to begin with...

What a dumb idiot. He should be fined for the lawsuit.

Maybe he should sue his friends too since they obviously did not try to stop him!

If this even makes it to a trial it just proves what a joke our Judicial System has become.

interlard, why do you feel sorry for him? It's his own fault for being where he shouldn't have been in the first place.

I hope the judge looks him square in the eye, asks him "Are you serious?" and then proceeds to throw the case out of court.

His injuries are terrible and I feel bad for him, but this is not Amtrak's fault. I guess he just needs the healthcare (don't we all)?

His parents are also joining him in the lawsuit

Even if Amtrak knew others trespassed, apparently those others were careful enough not get electrocuted

People have to use common sense - they can not expect others to constantly watch out for them and then start blame game when things go wrong

and you wonder why fares are going up for train tickets. same thing applies to the MTA as well. dumb people suing train operators for their own idiocy. just our silly litigious society.

This is hilarious. I hope this is heard in a NY court so I can attend. I need a good laugh.

"...third-degree burns over 85 percent of his body"

Most people would have died with burns that extensive. He is extremely lucky to be alive. I hope the judge knocks some sense into him during this trial.

At least he still has his drinking hand. Case dismissed.

It is a shame that he isn't in the running for the Darwin Awards.

It isn't like they have signs that say "Danger High Voltage" on the electrical bits of trains an the wire. Wait they do.

"He was discovered engulfed in flames at 4am atop the high speed train"-



That is some wild mess.

How is Amtrak supposed to protect dumb-asses from climbing on top of their trains, put razor wire on top?

Oh thats what the electrified wires are for..

I want his d*ck amputated for being a d*ckhead! Jack*ss! This is what is wrong with America.

This case is even worse than the time when Stella Liebeck sued McDonald's for giving her coffee that was too hot.

ROFL.

His suit should really say: "I'm an idiot, you should've protected me from myself. And now it's your fault for not doing so!"

Instead, he should sue his parents for raising an idiot. How bout that?