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IN RE SKI TRAIN FIRE IN KAPRUN AUSTRIA ON NOV. 11.

MDL No. 1428 (SAS), Nos. 03-CV-8960 (SAS), 03-CV-8961 (SAS), 06-CV-2811 (SAS), 07-CV-935 (SAS), 07-CV-3881 (SAS).

499 F.Supp.2d 437 (2007)

In re SKI TRAIN FIRE IN KAPRUN AUSTRIA ON NOVEMBER 11, 2000. This document relates to the following actions: Johann Blaimauer, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Omniglow Corporation, et al., Defendants. Herman Geier, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Omniglow Corporation, et al., Defendants. Nanae Mitsumoto, et al., Plaintiffs, v. The Republic of Austria, et al., Defendants. Nanae Mitsumoto, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Robert Bosch Corporation, et al., Defendants. Joop H. Stadman, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Austrian National Tourist Office Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

June 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward D. Fagan, Esq., c/o Hantman & Associates, Robert J. Hantman, Esq., Hantman & Associates, New York, NY, James F. Lowy, Esq., International Law Group, LLC, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Paul P. Rooney, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY, Liaison Counsel for all Defendants.

Ryan M. Morettini, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Robert W. Littleton, Esq., Littleton Joyce Ughetta & Park LLP, New York, NY, Brant W. Bishop, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc.

Arnd N. von Waldow, Esq., Paul P. Rooney, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Robert Bosch Corp.

Eileen T. McCabe, Esq., Stephen Roberts, Esq., William Lalor, Esq., Mendes & Mount LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Wika Instrument Corp.

Nancy Ledy-Gurren, Esq., Ledy-Gurren, Bass & Siff LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Hydac Technology Corp.

E. Gordon Haesloop, Esq., Bartlett McDonough, Bastone & Monaghan LLP, Mineola, NY, for Defendants American Cyanamid Inc. and Omniglow Corp.

John F. Tully, Esq., Robert Owen, Esq., Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Exxon Mobil.

OPINION & ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

These cases arise from a disaster that occurred on November 11, 2000, in which a ski train in Kaprun, Austria caught fire, killing 155 people. American and foreign survivors and/or relatives of those who died in the fire brought a number of lawsuits in federal court against numerous defendants alleging, inter alia, negligence and strict liability. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation...

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