A jury awarded $2.8 million to a railroad engineer who sustained back injuries and experienced severe post-traumatic stress disorder following a train accident. On Oct. 9, 2006, Lloyd Rand, then 55, was driving a BNSF Railway Co. train when it left the main tracks for a siding that had been negligently left open by BNSF employees. The train struck a line of stationary railcars at 36 mph and derailed in Etter. Rand suffered a lumbar injury which continues to limit his mobility despite physical therapy and trigger point injections. The back injury, coupled with his PTSD, rendered him unable to return work for the railroad.
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