The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider if New Jersey’s public transit system may be sued for accidents that take place outside of its home state.
New Jersey Transit is being sued in state courts in New York and Pennsylvania after its buses allegedly struck people while operating outside the Garden State.
Although the transit agency operates buses, trains, and light rail primarily in its home state, service also extends to the Philadelphia and New York metropolitan areas.
The U.S. Supreme Court will review state court decisions on whether the New Jersey entity counts as an arm of that state that enjoys sovereign immunity in other states’ courts from lawsuits….