Champlin v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE CORP.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

On March 17, 2001, an Amtrak train on the California Zephyr line derailed outside of Nodaway, Iowa, killing one of its passengers, Stella Riehl (decedent). A year and one day after decedent’s death, plaintiffs, decedent’s two children, Christine Champlin and Charlie Romstad, brought a wrongful death and survival action, as the personal representatives of her estate, against defendants Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (Burlington Northern), The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (Burlington Railway), Herzog…