IN RE: Amtrak Train Accident at Linden, New Jersey, on July 9, 1980

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DOCKET NC. 461 CLERK OF THE PanEL 7 -
BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION :
IN RE AMTRAK TRAIN ACCIDENT AT LINDEN, NEW JERSEY, ON JULY 9,
1980
TRANSFER ORDER* ST
All parties to the actions listed on the attached Schedule So
A either agree on the desirability of or do not oppose transfer oo
of the action pending in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania :
and the three actions pending in the Southern District of New :
York to the District of New Jersey for coordinated or consolidated
pretrial proceedings with the action pending there. 1 yhe Panel
has found upon consideration of the papers submitted=" that these Co
actions involve common questions of fact and that transfer will Cee
serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and promote Pel
the just and efficient conduct of this litigation. | co
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407, a
the actions listed on the attached Schedule A and pending in :
districts other than the District of New Jersey be, and the same :
hereby are, transferred to the District of New Jersey and, with :
the consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Lawrence :
A. Whipple for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings oo
with the action pending in that district and listed on Schedule : Co
A. ’ PN
: FOR THE PANEL: .
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Andrew A. Caffre / _ ooChairman EE NE
* Judge Fred Daugherty took no part in the decision of this |
matter. Ce Lo
1/ The parties waived oral argument and, accordingly, the question
of transfer of these actions under Section 1407 was submitted
on the briefs. See Rule 14, R.P.J.P.M.L., 78 F.R.D. 561, 572
(1978).

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Schedule A
® MDL-461 -- In re Amtrak Train Accident at Linden, New Jersey,
on July 9, 1980
Southern District of New York
Anthony R. Tozzi, et al. v. Amtrak,
C.A. No. 80 Civ 4764 .
a Errol M. Dobelle,	et al. wv. Amtrak,
C.A. No. 80 Civ 4763
Suzanne Sentner, et al. v. Amtrak,
C.A. No. 80 Civ 6534
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Patrick J. Amick, et al. v. National Railroad Passenger
Corp., et al., C.A. No. 80-4265
District of New Jersey
Anthony Robbins v. National Railroad Passenger Corp., et
al., C.A. No. 80-3257 oo