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Estate of Metzermacher Ex Rel. Metzermacher v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 31, 2008No. Civil 3:05cv1964 (JBA)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS BY RENO AGRICULTURE & ELECTRONICS, INC.
JANET BOND ARTERTON, District Judge.
In this diversity action, decedents of the Plaintiffs were killed when an Acela train struck their automobile while it was trapped within a four-quadrant grade crossing in Waterford, Connecticut. Plaintiffs’ complaint claims that the collision occurred, at least in part, because the C-401-R-KIT vehicle detectors used in the crossing were defectively designed and negligently tested by Defendant Reno Agriculture & Electronics (“Reno”). (6th Am. Compl. at 42 ¶ 17, 45 ¶ 17.) Reno has moved to…
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