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MAYER v. BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INCORPORATED

No. 66 C 2164.

310 F.Supp. 149 (1970)

Frederick MAYER, as Executor of The Estate of Adolf Mayer, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INCORPORATED and British Aircraft Corporation, also known as British Aircraft Corporation, Ltd., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

February 9, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Kennelly, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Gordon R. Close, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., for defendant Braniff Airways.

William H. Schrader, Heineke, Conklin & Schrader, Chicago, Ill., for defendant, British Aircraft Corporation.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

These consolidated actions, totaling seventeen claims, arose out of a crash of a Braniff Airways, Inc., ("Braniff") flight near Falls City, Nebraska, on August 6, 1966. The aircraft was manufactured by British Aircraft Corporation Ltd. ("BAC"). All thirty-eight passengers and four crew members aboard the aircraft were killed in the crash. The first of these cases were filed in Illinois State Court but were removed...

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