Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Ritter

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RICARDO M. URBINA, District Judge.

Granting the Plaintiff’s Motions for Reconsideration

I. INTRODUCTION

The plaintiff, Consolidated Rail Corporation (“Conrail”), seeks declaratory relief proscribing successor liability for personal injury claims stemming from conduct prior to its formation. The defendants, who currently have personal injury claims pending in Pennsylvania state court, are former employees of Erie Lackawanna — a railroad company whose assets were transferred to Conrail pursuant to the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (“Rail Act”), 45 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.,…