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Law Practice

Jan. 10, 2009

Train Crash Case Back in State Court

A U.S. district judge in Los Angeles on Thursday dashed Metrolink's hopes of transferring lawsuits stemming from September's deadly Chatsworth train crash from state jurisdiction to what it expected would be a more hospitable environment in federal court.

By Cortney Fielding
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - A U.S. district judge in Los Angeles on Thursday dashed Metrolink's hopes of transferring lawsuits stemming from September's deadly Chatsworth train crash from state jurisdiction to what it expected would be a more hospitable environment in federal court.

Judge James Otero remanded back to Los Angeles County Superior Court a suit brought by the family of a 19-year-old girl killed in the...

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