DEMANES v. UNITED AIR LINES

Nos. 71-38-HP, 71-873-HP to 71-875-HP.

348 F.Supp. 13 (1972)

Floyd A. DEMANES, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Daniel B. Callahan, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED AIR LINES, a corporation, et al., Defendants. Nancy Jane REYNOLDS et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED AIR LINES et al., Defendants. Iris J. LeROY et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED AIR LINES et al., Defendants. Joan Inman BLONDEAU et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED AIR LINES et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

June 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Lee Sanders, of Demanes & Sanders, Burlingame, Cal., for Demanes.

John J. Kennelly, Chicago, Ill., and Lawrence J. Galardi, of Magana & Cathcart, Los Angeles, Cal., for Reynolds and others.

Henry Bogust and Lawrence de Coster, of Chase, Rotchford, Drukker & Bogust, Los Angeles, Cal., for United Air Lines, Inc.


PREGERSON, District Judge.

These cases came on for trial on June 14, 15, and 16, 1972, on the issue of the status of plaintiffs' decedents. The four decedents—LeRoy, Reynolds, Blondeau, and Callahan—were pilots employed by defendant United Air Lines [hereinafter United]. All four were aboard United's flight 266 that departed from Los Angeles International Airport, bound for Denver, at 18:07 P.S.T. on January 18, 1969. Tragically, about four minutes after...

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