Cases

MEMORANDUM JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge. This case concerns an insurance coverage dispute between plaintiff National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) and various defendant insurance companies (the “Insurers”) that arose in the aftermath of Super storm Sandy. During the pendency of this action, the parties filed .competing motions for summary judgment-and the Insurers moved to dismiss Amt

645 F.Supp.2d 344 (2009) Richard DEWEESE v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. Civil Action No. 06-4455. United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania. January 29, 2009. *345 Paul Michael Benn, Philadelphia, PA, Philip M. Gilligan, Gilligan & Peppelman, Media, PA,

(2008) William E. BECKHAM, Plaintiff v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. No. RWT 07cv1999. United States District Court, D. Maryland. July 31, 2008. MEMORANDUM OPINION ROGER W. TITUS, District Judge. Plaintiff brought this civil rights action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia a

MEMORANDUM OPINION NORA BARRY FISCHER, District Judge. Plaintiff Patricia Manfred brings this action individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Joseph J. Gray, her deceased son, alleging wrongful death and survival claims against both remaining Defendants.1 (Docket No. 1). On October 2, 2014, Defendants moved for Summary Judgment, arguing no liability as to

Spina, J. On June 24, 1998, Kelly Ann Boyd (Boyd), fifteen years old, was struck and killed by a commuter rail train at the Pine Street grade crossing in Abington. Her father, J. Michael Boyd (plaintiff), filed a wrongful death action against the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), and Richard *541Prone,

413 F.Supp.2d 495 (2005) Thomas CARTER, et al. v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION No. Civ.A. 04-1916. United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania. July 26, 2005. *496 *497 David F. Binder, Raynes McCarty Binder Ross & Mundy, Philadelphia, PA, for Thomas L. Carter, et al.

Smith, J. On June 24, 1998, fifteen year old Kelly Ann Boyd was struck and instantly killed by a train at the Pine Street grade crossing in Abington. On September 13, 1999, Kelly’s father, J. Michael Boyd (the plaintiff), commenced a wrongful death action in Superior Court against the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), and the train’s engineer, Richard Prone. S

288 F.3d 519 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION,v.The PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION; John M. Quain, Chairman; Robert K. Bloom, Vice Chairman; Nora Mead Brownell, Commissioner; Aaron Wilson, Jr., Commissioner; Terrence J. Fitzpatrick, Commissioner; Norfolk Southern Railway Company; CSX Transportation, Inc.; The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority; John K. Leary, General Manager, Appellants.

103 F.3d 62 UNION CENTER REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a Missouriredevelopment corporation, Plaintiff--Appellant,v.NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, a District ofColumbia corporation, Defendant--Appellee. No. 95-3412. United States Court of Appeals,Eighth Circuit. Submitted April 11, 1996.Decided Jan. 2, 1997. <

145 F.Supp.2d 119 (2001) Cindy L. BEAUSOLEIL, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP., Defendant. C.A. No. 98-11503. United States District Court, D. Massachusetts. June 8, 2001. *120 Francis J. Lynch, III, Lynch & Lynch, Susan E. Sullivan, Lynch & Lynch, South Easton, MA, for Cindy L. Beausoleil, Administratrix o

54 F.Supp.2d 78 (1999) Wayne L. PRATT, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, Defendant. No. Civ.A. 97-11792-WGY. United States District Court, D. Massachusetts. June 28, 1999. William G. Talis, Law Office of William G. Talis, Boston, MA, David L. Lockard, Philadelphia, PA, Anthony M. Santoro, Medford, MA, for Wayne L. Pratt, plaintiff. Wayne

19 F.Supp.2d 835 (1998) Joanne STASIOR, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, d/b/a Amtrak, Defendant. No. 95 C 1958. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. August 28, 1998. *836 *837 *838 Louis C. Cairo, Edward W. P

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER PAYNE, District Judge. Among the several issues in this action is the question whether Virginia Code §§ 56-405.3 and 56-406.1 alter the common law duty of railroads to place appropriate protective devices at especially hazardous crossings. For the reasons set forth below, the court concludes that the statutes do not relieve railroads of their common-law duty to identify especi

*1056PELLEGRINI, Judge. Before this Court are three consolidated appeals from discovery orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County (trial court) involving the confidentiality of documents created by employees of Concern-Professional Services for Children, Youth and Families (Concern) and documents of the Delaware County Juvenile Court. The first appeal is

OPINION OF THE COURT SLOVITER, Circuit Judge. This case is one in a long line of disputes between on one side the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (“PUC”) and on the other side the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”), and/or in a separate but related dispute the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (“SEPTA”), concerning the PUC’s assignment of costs and responsibi

590 F.3d 239 (2009) Richard DEWEESE v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK); Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Appellant. No. 09-1569. United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Argued November 2, 2009. Filed December 2

914 F.Supp. 1566 (1996) Judy A. ZARECKI, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, d/b/a Amtrak, Defendant. No. 95 C 1075. United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division. January 25, 1996. *1567 *1568 Louis C. Cairo and Edward W. Pirok, Goldberg, Weisman and Cairo,

25 F.Supp.2d 578 (1998) Susan Elaine SMITH v. THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION ("AMTRAK"). No. CIV. A. 98-2816. United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania. November 4, 1998. Alice W. Ballard, Samuel & Ballard, P.C., Philalphia, PA, for Plaintiff. William J. Delany, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Judith E. Harris, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, P

486 F.Supp.2d 58 (2007) Joseph T. CARMACK, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, Defendant. Civil Action No. 03-12488-PBS. United States District Court, D. Massachusetts. March 22, 2007. *59 *60 *61 *62

OPINION OF THE COURT STAPLETON, Circuit Judge. In this appeal we consider whether the District Court properly applied the doctrine of collateral estoppel to preclude the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (the “PUC”) from relitigating its claim to Eleventh Amendment immunity. Because we find that all requirements for application of collateral estoppel are met and no equitable considerations counsel again