Metrolink crash: One year later

Scars linger
Like many people touched by the Metrolink train disaster in Chatsworth a year ago, Francisco Ocampo finds it hard to ponder the weird twists of fate that ended 25 lives and scarred 135 more while sparing countless others.Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.

It can be almost as hard for Ocampo to ponder the simple curve in the rails where the region's deadliest commuter train accident occurred.

Lawsuits could reach $1 billion
With damages that could range from $600 million to $1billion, more than 140 claims and lawsuits have been filed against Metrolink and its contractors in connection with last year's deadly train collision in Chatsworth, plaintiff's attorneys and Metrolink officials said Wednesday.Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

Nearly a year after the accident, the cases are now being consolidated into a master complaint so multiple trials won't have to be held, attorneys said.