Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. BNSF Railway Co.
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided August 17, 2006No. CV-06-0207-PHX-ROSPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILVER, District Judge.
Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs Motion to Remand. (Doc. 16) For the following reasons, the Court will grant the motion and remand the case. 1
I. BACKGROUND
On December 15, 2005, Plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court. The suit alleged multiple counts of wrongful death under Arizona state law based on the negligence of the Defendants. The incident giving rise to the cause of action involved a collision between a train, owned and operated by Defendant BNSF, and a vehicle containing the decedents on a railroad crossing on the Hualapai…
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