The lawsuits are already set to roll in against NJ Transit after Thursday’s crash and will center on the train’s lack of automatic braking technology, attorneys told The Post.
Adam Cahn of Sakkas, Cahn & Weiss said victims have already been calling him to get started on pers꧅onal injury lawsuits again𝕴st the transportation agency.
The suits will likely center around the fact that NJ Transit has not installed Positive Train Control, which uses GPS to make sure trains aren’t going too fast and are stopping when they should. The technology, which the feds have been asking train companies to install for years, likely would have prevented Thursday’s fatal crash.
“These are usually strong cases because this technology has been out there for quite a while and they haven’t installed it,” Cahn said.
One of the victims who contacted Cahn after the crash was a 26-year-old investment banker who was in the third car when the locomotive slammed 🎀into the barrier at full speed.
“Everyone was ready to get off the train and no one was holding onto anything, so we all went flying,” said the woman. “People were flying all over and slamming into the doors and windows.”
She suffered a🌊n injured knee, shoulder and wrist and is full of aches and pains. She also suspects that she is struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder.
“It was a horrifying day,” she said. “I’m in shock.”
NJ Transit officials declined to comment.