Amtrak has agreed with plaintiffs in the Train 188 derailment litigation that all cases should be funneled into a multidistrict litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Amtrak replied Tuesday to the plaintiffs’ petition to create an MDL. The petition called for all similar cases in different jurisdictions, including New York and New Jersey, to be transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where the bulk of the Amtrak derailment cases have already been filed.
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