Legal Opinion
In Re Ski Train Fire in Kaprun, Austria on November 11, 2000
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 21, 2003No. 01 Civ. 10776PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, the parents and grandparents of six Americans who died in a ski train fire on November 11, 2000, in Kaprun, Austria, brought several individual actions against numerous defendant train and train part manufacturers, ski resort operators, and marketing companies alleging negligence and strict liability. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL Panel”) consolidated these suits for pretrial purposes before this Court. To date, nine defendants have moved to dismiss on various grounds. 1 An additional four defendants — Waagner-Biro…
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