Hartley v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA JOSHUA HARTLEY, CASE NO. C18-5576 BHS Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING v. DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION d/b/a AMTRAK, Defendant.

This matter comes before the Court on Defendant National Railroad Passenger Corporation d/b/a Amtrak’s (“Amtrak”) motion for summary judgment on punitive damages. Dkt. 18.

On October 30, 2019, Amtrak filed the instant motion. Id. On November 20, 2019, Plaintiff Joshua Hartley responded. Dkt. 20. On November 22, 2019, Amtrak replied. Dkt. 23.

1 Upon review of the motion, the Court grants the motion on the same grounds and for the same reasons set forth in Mitchem v. Nat’l R.R. Passenger Corp., C18-5366-BHS, 2020 WL 91490 (W.D. Wash. Jan. 8, 2020) and related cases cited therein.

4 IT IS SO ORDERED.

5 Dated this 26th day of February, 2020.

A BENJAMIN H. SETTLE United States District Judge