PETERS v. NATIONAL R.R. PASSENGER CORP.

No. 91-7093.

966 F.2d 1483 (1992)

Joseph PETERS, Appellant, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Mann, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Joseph S. Crociata, with whom Martha Ann Knutson, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WALD, SENTELLE and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.

KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, Joseph Peters challenges the district court's dismissal of his suit against the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for injuries arising out of a train derailment as well as its denial of his motion for relief from the dismissal order. The district court concluded that Peters was bound by a settlement in a class action filed in the Eastern...

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