Legal Opinion
Wallace v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 18, 2014No. 11 Civ. 5419(AJN)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge:
Plaintiff Steven Wallace was injured when he fell from a floating platform that he was working on while repairing a bridge'owned by Defendant National Railroad Passenger Corp. d/b/a Amtrak (“Amtrak”). In this diversity action, Wallace brought several state law causes of action against Amtrak, seeking to recover for his injuries. Amtrak, in turn, filed a third-party complaint against Wallace’s employer, Weeks Marine, Inc. (“Weeks”), alleging that Weeks had indemnified it against Wallace’s claims. Weeks then brought a fourth-party complaint…
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