I thought this was mainly a [personal jurisdiction] issue (case),   
   but the excerpts (from the linked pages in my OP (original post))   
         suggest that there's more to it than that.   
                   (govt immunity)   
      
   In this opinion   
   http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/09/26/11-15458.pdf   
    For some reason, they say   
     [subj matter jurisdiction] and not [personal jurisdiction]   
      
      
   Yesterday, I thought I found a photo of her, but   
            I think it was a different woman.   
      
   HH   
      
      
      
   On Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at 6:33:36 PM UTC-8, John Levine wrote:   
   > >How old was (is) she?     Was she careless?   
   > >   
   > >        Did she try to sue the RR in Austria?   
   >   
   > I haven't been able to find out any details beyond the fact that she   
   > slipped under the train and both legs were amputated.  No reports on   
   > whether she sued in Austria nor whether the Austrians considered her   
   > negligent.   
   >   
   > The U.S. suit was always rather a stretch, claiming that OBB was   
   > subject to U.S. courts just because she bought a Eurailpass from   
   > a U.S. travel agent.   
      
      
      
   Austrian Railway Asks High Court To Review Injury Case   
              Law360 (subscription)-2014/03/18   
   In a petition for certiorari filed March 5, OBB Personenverkehr AG, the   
   Austrian railway, said the Ninth Circuit erred when it ruled in December that   
   the district court had jurisdiction over plaintiff Carol Sachs' suit based on   
   the ...   
      
      
      
   Austrian Railway Again Asks High Court To Hear Injury Case   
              Law360 (subscription)-2015/01/06   
   At the heart of OBB-Personenverkehr AG's argument is whether plaintiff Carol   
   Sachs' claims were "based upon" the sale of the Eurail pass from a   
   Massachusetts travel agency, an issue that is central to determining whether   
   ...   
      
      
      
   Austria Railway Case Brings Wall St. Risks, Justices Told   
             Law360 (subscription)-2015/10/05   
   Seeking to preserve the Ninth Circuit's December 2013 en banc decision finding   
   OBB-Personenverkehr AG wasn't protected from a suit under the Foreign   
   Sovereign Immunities Act, counsel for Carol Sachs told the justices ...   
      
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