Cummings v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HUTCHINSON, Justice:

Appellants appeal by allowance a Superior Court order which affirmed a judgment n.o.v. entered by Delaware County Common Pleas. Appellants sued claiming that appellee, AMTRAK, promised them full time supervisory positions in its police force and breached that promise by later demoting them. In reliance, they quit other jobs as security or police officers. The court returned a verdict in appellants’ favor. However, Common Pleas subsequently held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction because appellants’ claims are governed by the Railway Labor Act…