August 21, 2026
In our latest Law360 Transportation Tracker, an Illinois jury awarded $29 million to the family of a U.N. worker killed in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8, while freight broker C.H. Robinson was hit with a blockbuster $604 million verdict in Texas over a fatal 2021 trucking accident.
August 11, 2026
A divided Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday upheld the Federal Railroad Administration's two-person train crew rule, saying the agency reasonably justified the safety rationale for the rule and rejecting the rail industry's claims of government overreach.
July 27, 2026
Railroads have told the Eleventh Circuit that the Federal Railroad Administration failed to properly justify its 2024 two-person train crew rule, saying the agency flip-flopped from its previous determination that such a rule was unnecessary.
October 02, 2024
A coalition of 14 states and the District of Columbia urged the Eleventh Circuit to reject the railroad industry's attempt to vacate the U.S. Department of Transportation's final rule requiring all trains to be operated with at least two people, saying doing so would make rail operations less safe nationally.
September 26, 2024
The U.S. Department of Transportation has told the Eleventh Circuit that its new train crew size rule is intended to promote rail safety, yet railroads have misconstrued the requirement and overblown their purported cost burdens in an effort to torpedo the rule.
July 29, 2024
Rail giants have told the Eleventh Circuit that the Federal Railroad Administration overstepped with its new two-person train crew rule, saying rail labor costs would surge if "one of the most consequential rulemakings in the history of American railroading" were allowed to stand.