Case Name: Thomas MASTROCOLA, Chris & Michelle Hammel, h/w and Michelle McDonald and Wardlaw & Joyce Hall, h/w and John & Peggy Weston, h/w, Petitioners v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2009-06-01
Citations: 973 A.2d 412
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thomas MASTROCOLA, Chris & Michelle Hammel, h/w and Michelle McDonald and Wardlaw & Joyce Hall, h/w and John & Peggy Weston, h/w, Petitioners SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 973
Pages: 412–413

Head Matter:
Thomas MASTROCOLA, Chris & Michelle Hammel, h/w and Michelle McDonald and Wardlaw & Joyce Hall, h/w and John & Peggy Weston, h/w, Petitioners SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
June 1, 2009.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 1st day of June, 2009, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED limited to the following issues:
1. Is federal preemption based upon choice-of-law preemption a waivable defense?
2. Are Petitioners' claims in this suit preempted, or are they preserved from preemption by the clarifying amendment to FRSA at 49 U.S.C. § 20106(b)?