<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3rr2gl_0lQrGwD700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3rr2gl_0lQrGwD700" width="1280" height="960" ><p>An NJ Transit engineer who suffered career-ending head injuries after passing out in a locomotive cab with non-working air conditioning that reached 114 degrees in July 2020 was awarded $11.6 million Monday by a jury in a federal labor suit.</p><p>The former engineer, Scott Lupia, 47, of Denville, filed a Federal Employer’s Liability Act suit on Dec. 27, 2021 after he was ordered to operate a locomotive with a broken air conditioner on July 21, 2020. A train master recorded a temperature of 114 degrees in the cab when he reported the broken AC unit, court papers said.</p><p>He was ordered by a chief trainmaster to operate the train anyway, the lawsuit said. Refusing to take train 6659 out would have been considered insubordination and could have cost Lupia his job, court papers said.</p></div></body>

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NJ Transit engineer awarded $11M after passing out in 114-degree locomotive cab

An NJ Transit engineer who suffered career-ending head injuries after passing out in a locomotive cab with non-working air conditioning that reached 114 degrees in July 2020 was awarded $11.6 million Monday by a jury in a federal labor suit. The former engineer, Scott Lupia, 47, of Denville, filed a...