National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Catlett Volunteer Fire Co.

Following a railway crossing collision between a passenger train and a fire truck, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), owner of the train, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Catlett Volunteer Fire Company, Incorporated, owner of the fire truck (Catlett), and the estate of Mark Jay Miller, a volunteer fireman who was operating the fire truck and who was killed in the collision (Miller). In the complaint, Amtrak sought recovery of the sum of $910,000 for property damage allegedly sustained by the train in the…