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Metrolink crash should spark reform of damages cap
Thursday, August 26, 2010 � by scott
Under the federal Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997, the most Metrolink and Connex Railroad, which had been contracted to operate Metrolink’s trains, can be liable for in damages is $200 million — which, in fact, the two entities told a judge Wednesday they are willing to pay to settle the outstanding claims from the deadly crash.