U.S. Supreme Court: Sovereign Immunity Bars Austrian Train Injury Suit

Mealey's (December 1, 2015, 1:05 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act bars a California woman’s suit against the Austrian state-owned railway after she lost both her legs in an accident, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Dec. 1 (OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Carol P. Sachs, No. 13-1067, U.S. Sup.; 2015 U.S. LEXIS 7670)....