District Court, District of Columbia February 27, 1997, Civil Action No. 96-2479-LFO (Neibuhr v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.)

MEMORANDUM

OBERDORFER, District Judge.

On or about February 7, 1994, plaintiff William Neibuhr, an engineer employed by defendant National Railroad Passenger Corporation (d/b/a Amtrak), was operating a train traveling from Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. En route, he alleges that his locomotive seat broke causing him to fall to the floor and sustain bodily injury.

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