Civil Litigation
Oct. 14, 2021
Parts maker can’t escape litigation over Metrolink crash
While no California state case discusses the specific issue presented to this case, “This court finds that the preemptive scope of the[Locomotive Inspection Act] … does not extend to preempting state law causes of action complying with federal standards of care,” wrote Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu M. Berle.
A lawsuit involving a Metrolink train that killed one person and injured 32 after colliding with a truck, is headed to trial after a judge on Wednesday denied on summary judgment a locomotive parts maker's bid to exit the case.
After hearing from plaintiffs' steering committee member Matthew Stumpf of Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, that mediation talks in the five-year litigation "have not been fruitful," Los Angeles County Superior Court Ju...
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