Is Chatsworth Metrolink Accident Town Hall Meeting of September 30th Really a Sales Pitch?

Have you seen the advertisements by attorneys for the “town hall meetings at Marriott Hotel”? Is it a town hall meeting, or sales pitch? Yes it’s true, at least one law firm is actually holding a Chatsworth Metrolink accident town hall meeting. The apparently paid for press releases claim that: “Victims of the September 12th Chatsworth Wreck and 2005 Glendale Wreck, also Officials, Key Personnel, and Witnesses involved in the worst train wreck in California History to be in Attendance.” The Chatsworth Metrolink Accident Press Conference will be held on September 30th.

The paid press releases are calling it a: “A unique and comprehensive Town Hall /Press Conference” at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel on September 30, 2008. The press releases go on to say that: “Law enforcement officials, railroad officials, railroad personnel, survivors, victims attorneys, victim’s families, and the media have been invited to participate.”

The press releases also claim that there is “Newly discovered legal, technical and witness information” that: “will be presented to the media concerning the Chatsworth disaster at the Town Hall/Press Conference.”

The fact of the matter is, that there is already information available online for you as a Metrolink accident victim. For example, if you need to know about filing a government claim. If you want to know about rail safety issues in the railroad industry, the $200 Million dollar damages cap, it is all available online already.

However, if you want to go to a hotel, get some free food, and hang out at a Simi Valley Chatsworth Metrolink town hall meeting, you can do that as well. On another note, if you were approached at the train accident scene by someone trying to sign up your Chatsworth Metrolink accident case, you may be the victim of unethical attorneys capping and running schemes.