Legal Opinion
Hassell v. Budd Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 5, 2019No. CONSOLIDATED UNDER MDL 875; E.D. Pa. Civil Action No. 2:09-cv-90863-ERPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
EDUARDO C. ROBRENO, District Judge.
Before the Court are the motions for summary judgment of railcar manufacturer Defendants The Budd Company ("Budd") (ECF No. 110) and Resco Holdings, L.L.C. ("Resco") (ECF No. 111) (together, "Defendants"), asserting that the claims of Plaintiff Peggy Hassell are pre-empted by federal statutes intended to regulate the entire fields of locomotive equipment and train safety, specifically, the Locomotive Inspection Act ("LIA") and the Safety Appliance Act ("SAA"). Also pending are: motions for judgment on the pleadings by these same Defendants, on the same basis…
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