Legal Opinion
Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. v. Knoedler Manufacturers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 9, 2015No. 13-3678PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JORDAN, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to determine the scope of federal preemption under the Locomotive Inspection Act (“LIA”), 49 U.S.C. § 20701. Appellant Delaware & Hudson Railway Company, Inc., doing business as Canadian Pacific Railway, and its subsidiaries (collectively, with the parent company, “Canadian Pacific”) settled lawsuits brought by its employees who had suffered injuries as a result of defective train seats. Canadian Pacific then brought indemnification, contribution, and breach-of-contract claims against Knoedler Manufacturing, Inc. (“Knoedler”),…
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