United States Seventh Circuit

In a wrongful death action resulting from a train-car collision, dismissal of plaintiff's suit is affirmed where the claim, alleging that the railroad warning devices were inadequate, is preempted by the Federal Railroad Safety Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/10/2005
• Decided 07/22/2005
• Published 07/22/2005

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before MANION, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William J. Lazarus (argued), Kenneth J. Allen (argued), Allen & Associates Valparaiso, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Harold Abrahamson (argued), Aimee R. Rivera, Abrahamson & Reed, Hammond, IN, Timothy M. Swan (argued), Clark & Associates, Munster, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.