Legal Opinion
Sompo Japan Insurance Co. of America v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 10, 2009No. 07 Civ. 2735(DC), 07 Civ. 10498(DC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CHIN, District Judge.
These related cases arise out of a train derailment near Dallas, Texas on April 18, 2006. Plaintiffs Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America and Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. (together, “Sompo”) and plaintiff Nipponkoa Insurance Company Limited (“Nipponkoa”) insured various shipments of cargo on the derailed train. Defendants Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation, Norfolk Southern Corporation, and the Kansas City Southern Railway Company (collectively, “defendants”) operated the train that derailed and the track on which it operated.
Sompo sued defendants…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Elmore & StahlSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rommy Revson, Plaintiff-Counterclaim-Defendant-Appellant, Judd Burstein v. Cinque & Cinque, P.C., Defendant-Counterclaimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
- Caemint Food, Inc. v. Lloyd Brasileiro, Companhia De NavegacaoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Project Hope v. M/V IBN SINACourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Docket No. 04-4066-CvCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Sompo Japan Insurance Co. of America v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
- Sompo Japan Insurance v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 2013
- Sompo Japan Insurance Co. of America v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 2012
- Sompo Japan v. Norfolk So. Railway, Nipponkoa Ins. v. Norfolk So. RailwayCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014