Rail worker wins $1.73m after 14mph cart crash; Texas court orders new trial on all damage claims

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In a significant workplace incident, Travis Gozan was injured as a passenger in a utility vehicle. A jury initially awarded him over $1.7 million for medical costs and suffering.…

A workplace accident involving a slow-moving utility vehicle resulted in a multimillion-dollar personal injury award, but questions about the evidence supporting the compensation have sent the case back for another trial. A Texas railroad employee claimed that a collision at a railyard left him with lasting tailbone pain, muscle problems and severe headaches. Although a jury awarded him more than $1.7 million, the railroad challenged the findings, particularly the projected cost of his future medical treatment.In an opinion issued on November 10, 2026, the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's judgment in Union Pacific Railroad Co. v.

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