Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Union Pacific Railroad
District Court, N.D. California
Decided September 15, 2003No. C 02-4988 MHPPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
re Plaintiffs Motion to Remand
PATEL, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs filed this action in California Superior Court for wrongful death and negligence in the death of their twelve-year-old son, Jeffrey Simpson, who was hit by a train while riding his bicycle to school. After the Alameda County Superi- or Court sustained a demurrer filed by the San Leandro Unified School District (“the School District”), defendants National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”), Union Pacific Railroad, and James F. Abrams (collectively “Amtrak”) removed the action to federal court. Now before the…
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