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IN RE AMTRACK "SUNSET LTD." TRAIN CRASH

No. 96-6833.

121 F.3d 1421 (1997)

In re AMTRACK "SUNSET LIMITED" TRAIN CRASH IN BAYOU CANOT, ALABAMA, ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1993. James ALTOSINO, Marie V. Altosino, John L. Anderson, Alice Anello, Joseph Anello, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WARRIOR & GULF NAVIGATION COMPANY, Willie C. Odom, Andrew Stabler, CSX Transportation, Inc. and National Railroad Passenger Corp. d.b.a. Amtrak, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian F. Gaston, Gaston & Gaston, Mobile, AL, for Stabler.

Broox G. Holmes, Robert J. Mullican, Donald C. Radcliff, Ambrecht, Jackson, DeMouy, Crowe, Holmres & Reeves, L.L.C., Mobile, AL, for Warrior & Gulf, Odom.

John J. Buckley, Jr., John W. Vardaman, Heidi K. Hubbard, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, Jerry A. McDowell, McDowell, Knight Roedder & Sledge, L.L.C., Mobile, AL, for CSX & NRPC.

Gregory B. Breedlove, Mobile, AL, Stephen D. Heninger, Heninger, Burge & Vargo, Birmingham, AL, Bruce J. McKee, Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before BARKETT, Circuit Judge, HILL, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Senior District Judge.

HOWARD, Senior District Judge:

In this admiralty action, which was consolidated by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Appellants Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company ("WGN"), Willie C. Odom, Andrew Stabler, CSX Transportation, Inc. ("CSX"), and National Railroad Passenger Corp. ("Amtrak"), appeal from an adverse ruling by the district court that the Alabama wrongful death statute, Ala.Code § 6-5-410 (1993),1 applied...

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