Legal Opinion
Sentner v. Amtrak
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 1, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-1735PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WHIPPLE, Senior District Judge.
This action 1 arises as a result of an accident involving two trains operated by defendant, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (N.R.C.P., also referred to herein by its popular name, Amtrak), wherein one train, a passenger train, was struck and impaled by a section of rail which apparently was lying unsecured and askew on the flatbed of a passing maintenance train. Suzanne Sentner is one of a number of passengers severely injured in the collision. Mrs. Sentner and her husband have sued in common law negligence for compensatory damages, and now…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. AultSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Hayman Cash Register Co. v. SarokinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Tennessee Valley Authority v. KinzerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1944
- George H. Humphreys, Administrator of the Estate of John S. Humphreys, Deceased, and George H. Humphreys, Individually v. Herman TannCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- Morgan v. Tennessee Valley AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1940
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- In Re KOREAN AIR LINES DISASTER OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1983. Appeal of Plaintiffs Steering CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- In Re Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Cashelmara Villas Ltd. Partnership v. DibenedettoOhio Court of Appeals · 1993
- Henry Anderson v. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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