MASTROCOLA v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

973 A.2d 412 (2009)

Thomas MASTROCOLA, Chris & Michelle Hammel, h/w and Michelle Mc-Donald and Wardlaw & Joyce Hall, h/w and John & Peggy Weston, h/w, Petitioners
v.
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, Respondent.

No. 103 & 104 EAL 2008.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 1, 2009.

*413 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)?