Legal Opinion
In Re Ski Train Fire in Kaprun, Austria on Nov. 11
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 8, 2002No. MDL 1428(SAS). No. 01 Civ. 6554PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Angela and Rudolf Kern, John and Suzanne Habblett, Dick and Carol Baker, and Clair Goodridge, are the parents and grandparents of six Americans killed in a ski train accident on November 11, 2000 in Kaprun, Austria. Their individual actions alleging that a total of seventeen defendant train and train part manufacturers, ski resort operators, and marketing companies were negligent and/or should be held strictly liable, have been consolidated before this Court by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL Panel”). 1 Defendant…
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