Legal Opinion
In Re Ski Train Fire in Kaprun, Austria on November 11, 2000
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 19, 2002No. MDL 1428 (SAS)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
This action arises from the alleged wrongful death of plaintiffs’ children and grandchildren in a ski train accident that occurred in Kaprun, Austria in November 2000. See Kern v. Oesterreichische Elektrizitaetswirtschaft Ag, 178 F.Supp.2d 367, 367 (S.D.N.Y.2001). Plaintiffs are suing Gletscherbahnen Kaprun AG (“GBK”), an Austrian ski resort operator, among other corporate and individual defendants, seeking compensatory and punitive damages as well as injunctive relief. 1
GBK now moves to dismiss this action pursuant to the Foreign Sovereign Immunity…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re Ski Train Fire in Kaprun Austria on Nov. 11.District Court, S.D. New York · 2007
- Filter v. Hanvit BankDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2003
- Burnett v. Al Baraka Inv. & Dev. Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2005
- Ski Train Fire v. Gletscherbahnen Kaprun AktiengesellschaftCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- Blaimauer v. Omniglow Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2007