Missouri jury awards $12.5 million to railroad worker who lost leg

A Jefferson County jury has awarded $12.5 million to a railroad worker whose right leg was amputated after being run over by a train. Michael Bolen, 51, of Jackson, Mo., was hurt in May 2012 as he was directing trains in a rail yard in Crystal City. He claims he was walking along the track and tripped over a large rock that was left in the rail yard. He fell onto the tracks and both legs were run over by a slow-moving train. His right leg was crushed and, after he was taken to Barnes Jewish Hospital by medical helicopter, it was amputated below the knee. He also lost part of the heel on his left foot.