Corporate Form, Real Accountability: NJ Transit Ruling

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For lawyers who represent individuals injured in serious transit accidents, the ruling clarifies something that should never have been uncertain.

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision this week that will reshape how interstate public transit agencies answer for injuries suffered China Law & Practiceby passengers. At the center of the dispute was a deceptively simple question. When a state creates a transportation corporation that operates across state lines, can it still claim the full protections of sovereign immunity in courts outside its own borders?

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