Only in America:
http://www.wvrecord.com/news/207858-employee-sues-csx-over-run-in-with-goose
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-wvsdce/case_no-3:2008cv00079/case_id-42514/
Dave
What a joke!
LAUGH
I NEARLY SPAT MY TEA ALL OVER THE COMPUTER. BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE THE GENTLEMAN WAS INJURED DOING HIS JOB.Did CSX warn there employees about said goose?
Gav
This is a dumb joke.
He obviously didn’t recieve the goose memo…
Please read the article and note his injuries…he fell down. And what is “loss of enjoyment of life”? My translation of this states that “I can’t take a joke”.
Next, he will be suing PETA about goose protection…
Phil
I guess he forgot to DUCK! He got hurt and he is now going to cry FOUL. The lawyers must have FLOCKED to his defense.
Geese probably love all railroad yards–we have plenty of them in ours. I’ve never seen one that didn’t get out of the way when a locomotive (or employee) went in his direction, though.
I feel sorry for the guy’s injuries. He may have been too close to the goose’s nest, or had cornered the bird. But to blame the railroad for what happened is preposterous. If the suit succeeds, all railroads are going to have to deal with the geese (how–post no-trespassing signs a little higher?). They were endangered once, and protected; I’m not sure that they still are. So, short of shooting them, what do you do? The environment around any given yard (spilled grain, vegetation, retention ponds) is great for geese.
After being attacked by the goose,he should have taken the eggs home and had them for breakfast the next day![C=:-)]
EPIC FACEPALM MANEUVER
The headline should have read:
Man fails to duck goose
A rail worker has to file these suits to recover lost time, railroads do NOT come under workmans comp.
Railroads are covered under FELA (Federal Employee Liability Act) and that is how system works, railroad will try to blame worker for injuries, worker will try to blame railroad for cause of injury.
Greed no, just the way it works.
Yes, and if the railroads will then need to deal with the goose population in the yards then the WWF (World Wildlife Federation, not the wrestling folks) will file suit to save the damn big birds…a never ending cycle. On a semi-related note, I can tell you we have lots of geese around a lake near our house and those buggers can get mighty nasty to people, dogs, kids, etc. if you get even remotely close, and they are big enough to do some damage.
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Even though this is a somewhat odd situation, I have wondered about encounters between trainmen and wildlife. For example, there are times when a train has to be walked in the middle of nowhere, with plenty of bears, wolves, and other animals around. Has this ever been an issue before?
…and have filed this chickenXXXX lawsuit…but the amount they are asking for is just chicken feed…I just hope the railroad has it’s Ducks in a Row for the defense…haven’t heard anything this amusing since the days of featherbedding!
I guess CSX failed to repair a hole in the cage that spans every inch of their trackage.
Seriously: kick his case out of court FAST and HARD and then fine him for waisting everybody’s time.
Hehehe, yep. Farmers around here used to have them roam the premises freely. They made a big racket when someone tried to sneak into the farm yard and were not affraid to go at 'em if they could get close enough. They were cheaper and more effective than having a big rotweiler guarding the home. And from experience I can tell you that you don’t want to have a goose chewing away at your finger. It hurts… bad!
Goose poop problem may soon go away
Associated Press Sept. 2006
They tried chasing them away with border collies on golf courses in Illinois and Wisconsin. They tried a stuffed coyote in New Jersey. In fact, officials nationwide have tried just about everything to get rid of large flocks of Canada geese that move in, eat the grass and leave lots of unwanted poop.
Until now, geese foes have had to obtain permits from the government to kill the geese or destroy their nests and eggs, and that hasn’t been easy. But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a new rule making it easier for farmers, airports, landowners and public health officials to kill the geese without permits.
The new rule went into effect in early August.
Animal rights activists say there’s got to be a better way to deal with the birds.
But people who consider the geese a nuisance are applauding the measure. Rep. Jim Saxton, R-N.J., who has been working to control the geese population for years, said, “This day has been a long time in coming.”
“Canada geese are larger and more aggressive than native waterfowl,” Saxton said. “They have upset the natural ecology of our waterways.”
The new rule includes several provisions, which now allow:
- Airports, public health officials and landowners to destroy nests and eggs without federal permits.
- Private and public airports to round up the birds for destruction without federal permits.
- Local governments to round up the birds if they threaten public health by congregating at reservoirs, athletic fields, parks and public beaches.
The new rule also allows states to establish August hunting seasons for the birds. The existing hunting season is Sept. 1 to Ma
Goose 1
CSX 0
WOW!!!
ohh CSX, what will you do next?[(-D]
man i can just picture that. i’d just be sitting at the edge of the yard watching the action. all of a sudden this conductor runs out from behind a cut of rolling stock with a mad goose chasing him. i would probably suffocate from laughter
On the over population angle of this it seems that if these animals had natural predation the numbers would be more easily managed. As far as the poor guy who was attacked it is a shame. I can only imagine the ribbing he is taking from co workers I worked for Chessie years ago and my crew would have loved this.
I wonder if geese can be trained to change a broken knuckle? If so, a LOT of conductors might be due for early retirement. [:-^]