Supreme Court reaffirms federal preemption of state-law product liability claims directed at locomotive equipment *

USA - March 5 2012
On February 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court held that a former railroad worker’s state-law tort claims for design defect and failure to warn against manufacturers of locomotives and locomotive parts were preempted by the Locomotive Inspection Act, 49 U.S.C. § 20701, et seq. (LIA). Kurns v. R.R. Friction Prods. Corp., __ S. Ct. __, No. 10-879, 2012 WL 631857, at *9 (2012).