Legal Opinion
Joseph Peters v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 16, 1992No. 91-7093PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, Joseph Peters challenges the district court’s dismissal of his suit against the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for injuries arising out of a train derailment as well as its denial of his motion for relief from the dismissal order. The district court concluded that Peters was bound by a settlement in a class action filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. We affirm.
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On the night of January 29, 1988, Peters was a passenger on the “Night Owl,” a train operated by Amtrak…
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