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Old December 3rd, 2015, 10:39 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
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Default Train accident victim (Berkeley, CA woman) can't sue railroad(owned by Austria) in the USA


Hello. Thanks for the comments.

1. She asked for 20 million dollars.
I'm assuming such high awards don't happen in Europe.

2. The following newspaper article (from 2 years ago)
includes this sentence.

Fakt sei aber, dass "auf fahrende Züge" "nicht aufgesprungen werden" dürfe.


This is the only hint or suggestion of her [carelessness]
(or her [contributory negligence] )
that I've seen or read so far.


(from 2 years ago)
http://www.heute.at/news/oesterreich/art23655,969710

Frau verlor Beine und klagt ÖBB auf Millionen ...

Die ÖBB kann die Forderungen nicht nachvollziehen. "Es gab bisher widersprüchliche Urteile zur Causa", sagte ein ÖBB-Sprecher zum "Wirtschaftsblatt", der den "Unfall" als "sehr tragisch" bezeichnet.

Fakt sei aber, dass "auf fahrende Züge" "nicht aufgesprungen werden" dürfe.

Mit amerikanischen Anwälten bereite man sich jetzt auf einen möglichen Prozess zu dem Vorfall vor.

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Woman lost legs and complains ÖBB to millions ...

The ÖBB can not understand the demands. "There have been conflicting assessments of the Causa," said a spokesman for ÖBB "Wirtschaftsblatt", which refers to the "accident" as "very tragic".

Fact is, though, that are "not jumped" on moving trains "" should.

With American lawyers are preparing now for a possible process for the incident.




On Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at 12:44:59 PM UTC-8, wrote:
How old was (is) she? Was she careless?

Did she try to sue the RR (rail road) in Austria?


She had bought her Eurail pass, a multi-railway ticket, --- was she a young woman? (sounds like it)


---- Eurail pass ... like that movie with Julie Delpy


I thought this was mainly a [personal jurisdiction] issue (case),
but
the following excerpts suggest that there's more to it than that.


http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...ad-3900913.php

2012 and this week (in 2015) ---- A Berkeley woman who lost her legs when she fell through a gap on a railway platform in Austria and was hit by a train can't sue the government-owned railroad for damages because it is legally immune, a divided federal appeals court has ruled.

Carol Sachs was injured on April 2007 at a station in Innsbruck. According to her lawsuit, she slipped through a gap and fell to the tracks when the doors of the train she was trying to board closed and the train started moving. Both her legs had to be amputated above the knee.

Her suit accused OBB, the Austrian national railroad, of operating the train negligently and failing to provide a safe place to board or to warn passengers.

http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastor...6/11-15458.pdf

......... A few days later, on April 27, 2007, Sachs arrived at the Innsbruck train station and attempted to board a moving train. She fell to the tracks through a gap in the platform and suffered injuries that ultimately required the amputation of both legs above the knee.

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...in-6668446.php