(Source: Omaha World-Herald, February 18, 2014)
OMAHA, Neb. — According to court documents: Jeff A. DeLoney, an engineer for Union Pacific, operated a train from North Little Rock, Ark., to Monroe, La. Under federal regulations, he was required to rest between that trip and his trip back to North Little Rock. At 2 a.m. Feb. 7, DeLoney fell asleep at the Super 8 motel in Monroe, La. He “awoke at 6 a.m. with excruciating pain in his middle finger on his right hand,” DeLoney’s attorneys wrote in a lawsuit. “Plaintiff was bitten by an insect spider. “As a result of the bite, plaintiff suffered severe pain and swelling requiring medical treatment and surgery. The bite subsequently developed a severe infection … causing severe, painful and disabling bodily injuries.”
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