U.S. Code » Title 45 » Chapter CHAPTER 16— REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES

45 U.S.C. § 797h

Employee and personal injury claims

Read at: OLRCuscode.house.gov CornellLII GovInfogovinfo.gov JustiaTitle 45 CasesGoogle Scholar
(a) Liability for employee claims

In all cases of claims, prior to April 1, 1976, by employees, arising under the collective bargaining agreements of the railroads in reorganization in the Region, and subject to section 153 of this title, the Corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or an acquiring carrier, as the case may be, shall assume responsibility for the processing of any such claims, and payment of those which are sustained or settled on or subsequent to the date of conveyance, under section 743(b)(1) of this title, and shall be entitled to direct reimbursement from the Association pursuant to section 721(h) of this title, to the extent that such claims are determined by the Association to be the obligation of a railroad in reorganization in the Region. Any liability of an estate of a railroad in reorganization to its employees which is assumed, processed, and paid pursuant to this subsection by the Corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, or an acquiring carrier shall remain the preconveyance obligation of the estate of such railroad for purposes of section 721(h)(1) of this title. The Corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, an acquiring carrier, or the Association, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a direct claim as a current expense of administration, in accordance with the provisions of section 721(h) of this title (other than paragraph (4)(A) thereof), for reimbursement (including costs and expenses of processing such claims) from the estate of the railroad in reorganization on whose behalf such obligations are discharged or paid. In those cases in which claims for employees were sustained or settled prior to such date of conveyance, it shall be the obligation of the employees to seek satisfaction against the estate of the railroads in reorganization which were their former employers.

(b) Assumption of personal injury claims

All cases or claims by employees or their personal representatives for personal injuries or death against a railroad in reorganization in the Region arising prior to the date of conveyance of rail properties, pursuant to section 743 of this title, shall be assumed by the Corporation or an acquiring railroad, as the case may be. The Corporation or the acquiring railroad shall process and pay any such claims that are sustained or settled, and shall be entitled to direct reimbursement from the Association pursuant to section 721(h) of this title, to the extent that such claims are determined by the Association or its successor authority to be the obligation of such railroad. Any liability of an estate of a railroad in reorganization which is assumed, processed, and paid, pursuant to this subsection, by the Corporation or an acquiring railroad shall remain the preconveyance obligation of the estate of such railroad for purposes of section 721(h)(1) of this title. The Corporation, an acquiring railroad, or the Association, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a direct claim as a current expense of administration, in accordance with the provisions of section 721(h) of this title (other than paragraph (4)(A) thereof), for reimbursement (including costs and expenses of processing such claims) from the estate of the railroad in reorganization on whose behalf such obligations were discharged or paid.

(Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 709, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 666.)Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesAbolition of United States Railway Association and Transfer of Functions and Securities

See section 1341 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1987–2011 · leading case: Consol. Rail Corp. v. Reading Co., 654 F. Supp. 1318 (Regl. Rail Reorg. Act 1987).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Consol. Rail Corp. v. Reading Co., 654 F. Supp. 1318 (Regl. Rail Reorg. Act 1987). · cites it 2× “Liability Under Section 709(b) of the Rail Act All three cases turn on the current applicability and the effect of § 709(b) of the *1322 Rail Act, as amended, 45 U.S.C. § 797h(b), and § 211(h)(1) of the Act, 45 U.”
Consol. Rail v. RAY ex rel. Est. OF BOYD, 632 F.3d 1279 (D.C. Cir. 2011). · cites it 2× “There the court considered the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, which added to the Rail Act a provision, 45 U.S.C. § 797h(b), requiring Conrail to pay (without necessarily assuming liability for) personal injury claims asserted by employees of a predecessor railroad during…”
Consol. Rail Corp. v. Ritter, 539 F. Supp. 2d 368 (D.D.C. 2008). · cites it 2× “” 45 U.S.C. §§ 797h(b) and 721(h)(1). While reimbursement is inapplicable to the instant case because the defendants’ former employers are no longer in reorganization, this mechanism provides guidance in understanding Congress’s intent with respect to personal injury claims.”
Consol. Rail Corp. v. RAY ex rel. BOYD, 693 F. Supp. 2d 39 (D.D.C. 2010). “In reaching its conclusion, the Reading court analyzed 45 U.S.C. § 797h(b), a provision of the NRSA that required Conrail to process and pay all personal injury claims asserted against a “railroad in reorganization,” and called for Congress to reimburse Conrail for any such…”
Zulkowski v. Consol. Rail Corp. (Appeal of Cent. Jersey Indus., Inc.), 852 F.2d 73 (3d Cir. 1988). “§ 721 (h)(1)(A) suggested that Congress intended to absolve railroads from claims for certain personal injuries or death which existed at the time of reorganization but not claims which did not yet exist at that time.”
Consol. Rail Corp. v. Ray, No. 2007-1148 (D.D.C. Mar. 2, 2010). “14 In reaching its conclusion, the Reading court analyzed 45 U.S.C. § 797h(b), a provision of the NRSA that required Conrail to process and pay all personal injury claims asserted against a “railroad in reorganization,” and called for Congress to reimburse Conrail for any such…”
45 U.S.C. § 797h(b): 5 cases
Consol. Rail Corp. v. Reading Co., 654 F. Supp. 1318 (Regl. Rail Reorg. Act 1987). “Liability Under Section 709(b) of the Rail Act All three cases turn on the current applicability and the effect of § 709(b) of the *1322 Rail Act, as amended, 45 U.S.C. § 797h(b), and § 211(h)(1) of the Act, 45 U.”
Consol. Rail v. RAY ex rel. Est. OF BOYD, 632 F.3d 1279 (D.C. Cir. 2011). “There the court considered the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, which added to the Rail Act a provision, 45 U.S.C. § 797h(b), requiring Conrail to pay (without necessarily assuming liability for) personal injury claims asserted by employees of a predecessor railroad during…”
Consol. Rail Corp. v. Ritter, 539 F. Supp. 2d 368 (D.D.C. 2008). “” 45 U.S.C. §§ 797h(b) and 721(h)(1). While reimbursement is inapplicable to the instant case because the defendants’ former employers are no longer in reorganization, this mechanism provides guidance in understanding Congress’s intent with respect to personal injury claims.”
Consol. Rail Corp. v. RAY ex rel. BOYD, 693 F. Supp. 2d 39 (D.D.C. 2010). “In reaching its conclusion, the Reading court analyzed 45 U.S.C. § 797h(b), a provision of the NRSA that required Conrail to process and pay all personal injury claims asserted against a “railroad in reorganization,” and called for Congress to reimburse Conrail for any such…”
Consol. Rail Corp. v. Ray, No. 2007-1148 (D.D.C. Mar. 2, 2010). “14 In reaching its conclusion, the Reading court analyzed 45 U.S.C. § 797h(b), a provision of the NRSA that required Conrail to process and pay all personal injury claims asserted against a “railroad in reorganization,” and called for Congress to reimburse Conrail for any such…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.