KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. v. PLANO MOLDING CO.

Nos. 14-1171, 14-1189.

782 F.3d 353 (2015)

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD., "K" Line America, Inc., and Union Pacific Railroad Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PLANO MOLDING CO., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 31, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Kimball , Attorney, Blank Rome LLP, New York, NY, Warren J. Marwedel , Attorney, Robert L. Reeb , Attorney, Marwedel, Minichello & Reeb, Chicago, IL, John P. Meade , Attorney, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

R. James Derose, III , Attorney, Allen C. Wasserman , Attorney, Locke Lord Edwards LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, WILLIAMS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


On April 21, 2005, a Union Pacific freight train derailed in Oklahoma. The train was carrying two steel injection molds being delivered to Plano Molding Company in Illinois. The derailment occurred after the molds broke through the floor of their shipping container, causing that train car and many behind it to derail and resulting...

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