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ARMSTEAD v. NATIONAL R.R. PASSENGER CORP.

No. 96 Civ. 2343(JSR).

954 F.Supp. 111 (1997)

Lena ARMSTEAD, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION d/b/a AMTRAK, Defendant.

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

February 25, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Groner of Borwick, Feldman & Groner, White Plains, NY, Leslie Abele of Brand, Brand, Mintner & Burke, Yorktown Heights, NY, for plaintiff.

Mark S. Landman of Landman, Corsi, Ballaine & Ford, New York City, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

RAKOFF, District Judge.

This is a negligence action involving contacts with three jurisdictions. Plaintiff, a New York domiciliary, slipped and fell on ice located on Virginia property owned by defendant, a District of Columbia domiciliary. The laws of these jurisdictions differ in their treatment of negligence by the injured party. Defendant asks the Court to apply Virginia's all-or-nothing contributory negligence rule, which bars...

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