Legal Opinion
Irish v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided July 7, 2009No. 08-cv-469-slcPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.
This case involves a dispute regarding defendants’ possible liability for damages resulting from a flash flood that inundated plaintiffs’ homes in the town of Bagley, Wisconsin in 2007. (For the sole purpose of deciding the motion for reconsideration, I am assuming jurisdiction over the case, which has been assigned to Magistrate Judge Crocker.) Since the case was filed more than nine months ago, the parties have been unable to agree whether a state or federal forum has jurisdiction to hear it. The case’s complicated history bears elaboration.
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