Bader v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.

liPlaintiffs, Lina Bader and Munir Bad-er, individually and as administrator of the estates and as natural tutor of the minor children, Amal Bader, Bader Bader, Dana Bader and Eman Bader, appeal a judgment granting summary judgment in favor of the city of Bossier City (“the City”). The district court concluded that plaintiffs’ state law claims were preempted by federal law. For the reasons assigned below, we affirm the district court’s ruling.

FACTS

On June 14, 1998, a vehicle being driven by plaintiff, Lina Bader, was struck by a train owned by Kansas City Southern Railway Company (“KCS”) at a…