Legal Opinion
Anderson v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 26, 1994No. Civ. A. 2:92CV1040PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PAYNE, District Judge.
The AMTRAK “Colonial” passenger train derailed on the evening of August 12, 1992 after Joseph Lee Bornman, Jr. and Raymond Gary Loomis used bolt cutters and their own strength to unlock, partially dismantle, and reverse an electronically, and physically, locked switch. This directed the Colonial onto a side track while the train was travel-ling at the speed of 79 miles per hour. The ensuing derailment was violent.
Plaintiffs, paying passengers on the Colonial, were among those injured in the wreck. AMTRAK owned and operated the train while CSX…
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