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Sep 21, 2006 10:40 pm US/Pacific

Judge Dismisses Part Of Claim In Metrolink Lawsuit

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A Los Angeles judge has ruled that dozens of lawsuits filed against Metrolink over a deadly commuter train derailment in 2005 can go forward.

But the judge dismissed an argument claiming Metrolink violated a pledge on its Web site to "provide superior service" and "safe train passage."

The lawsuits were filed on behalf of 113 victims of the January 2005 crash. Eleven people died and some 200 others were injured.

The suits claim the commuter rail agency was negligent for using the push-pull configuration, where cab cars are sometimes pushed by a rear engine. Plaintiffs' attorneys have called the practice dangerous.

Metrolink officials say statistics show that push-pull configured trains derail no more than trains in a pull configuration.


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