Brody
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ruled that additional attorney fees’ and expenses totaling nearly $350,000 will be awarded to a plaintiff who garnered a $1 million settlement from NJ Transit, for alleged violations of the Federal Rail Safety Act.
A Jan. 8
ruling from U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Anita B. Brody awarded the requested amount to plaintiff Jerome Johnson and his lawyers at Coffey & Kaye in Bala Cynwyd in his case alongside Jermaine Jenkins (and later, his widow Quinetta Jenkins) versus defendant New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc.
In 2017, plaintiffs Johnson and Jenkins filed this action against New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc. (NJTRO) alleging violations of the Federal Rail Safety Act. They said they were instructed to perform train movements and other activities that violated federal law, like permitting equipment to foul a track. They refused and issued good faith challenges.