Legal Opinion
In re Lac Megántic Train Derailment Litigation
District Court, D. Maine
Decided September 28, 2016No. 1:16-cv-01001-JDLPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*221ORDER ON CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY’S AMENDED MOTION TO DISMISS
Jon D. Levy, United States District Judge
In July of 2013, a freight train operated by the Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway, Ltd. (“MMA”), including its 72 carloads of crude oil, derailed in the town of Lac-Megántic, Quebec, leading to a series of explosions that destroyed part of the downtown area and killed 47 people. The next month, MMA filed a chapter 11 Bankruptcy proceeding in this District and simultaneously sought similar protection in *222Canada. The derailment also spawned litigation in both Illinois and Texas, with…
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