# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci0lgOJIUVF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19115613-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-09-22T20:01:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

## Caption

Victims of a deadly Amtrak crash in rural Missouri cannot sue for damages because they checked a required box acknowledging a lengthy set of terms and conditions when buying tickets, BNSF Railway contends.

The Fort Worth, Texas-based freight railroad filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against some of the passengers who were injured and heirs of those who died in a June 27 crash at a rural railroad crossing near Mendon, Missouri.

BNSF seeks a preliminary injunction forcing the victims to arbitrate with the railroad rather than proceed with their lawsuits in court. The railroad is also asking a federal judge to halt lawsuits pending in Missouri state courts.

In support of their legal arguments, lawyers for BNSF included as an exhibit a photographic example of the agreement, containing the two-sentence statement referencing — in the same breath — the “binding arbitration agreement and rules regarding COVID travel.”
 
Read more at the link in our bio. ✏️ Kevin Hardy & Bill Lukitsch 
 
#MissouriNews #AmtrakCrash #BNSFRailway #LocalNews

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