MANOS v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.

Nos. 65 C 1932, 66 C 1586-66 C 1589, 66 C 2135-66 C 2139, 67 C 1144 and 67 C 1147.

324 F.Supp. 470 (1971)

Peter MANOS, Administrator of the Estate of Mike Manos, deceased, Plaintiff, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., a corporation, and Boeing Company, a corporation, Defendants. Walter A. SCHANKE, as the Heir at Law and Next of Kin of Ellen C. Schanke, Philip Schanke, Elaine M. Schanke and Paul Eugene Schanke, and Walter A. Schanke, as Administrator of the Estates of Ellen C. Schanke, Philip Schanke, Elaine M. Schanke and Paul Eugene Schanke, Plaintiff, v. BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant. Loretta GARTLEY, Plaintiff, v. BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant. Elizabeth NESSLER, as Administrator of the Estates of Keith Burruss Trotter, Deceased, Patricia Faye Trotter, Deceased, Bonnie Lou Trotter, Deceased, Janet Ann Trotter, Deceased, and Keith Burruss Trotter, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff, v. BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant. Bryan R. McCARTHY, as Administrator of the Estate of Eleanor W. Flegal, Deceased, and Bryan R. McCarthy, as Executor of the Estate of Dorothy A. Flegal, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant. Gwendolyn HEURTEVANT, as Widow of Francis Michael Heurtevant, Deceased, Michael Heurtevant, a minor, by Gwendolyn Heurtevant, his mother and next friend, Marc Heurtevant, a minor, by Gwendolyn Heurtevant, his mother and next friend, and James Otis as Administrator of the Estate of Francis Michael Heurtevant, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant. Joseph SAINTON, Plaintiff, v. BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant. Edward PFEFFER, as Administrator of the Estate of Edward C. Daly, Plaintiff, v. BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant. Paul W. HANS, as Administrator of the Estate of Joseph J. Sondag, Plaintiff, v. BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant. John TSAMANIS for the use and benefit of Emmanuel I. Tsamanis, Daphne Tsamanis, John Tsamanis, Sophia Papagaorgiou and Elizabeth Angelinaras, the heirs-at-law and next of kin of Peter Tsamanis, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant. Nathan GRANSTEIN, as Executor of the Estate of Georgette Granstein, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. The BOEING COMPANY and Alitalia Airlines, Inc., Defendants. John M. XIFARAS, Administrator of the Estate of Irene Sakellarios, Plaintiff, v. BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant.

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

Motion to Amend March 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lieberman, Levy & Baron, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff in each case.

L. R. Voigts and John J. McLaughlin, Parrish, Guthrie, Colfelsh & O'Brien, Des Moines, Iowa, for plaintiffs Edward Pfeffer and Paul W. Hans.

Michael K. Stanton, New York City, for plaintiff Nathan Granstein.

Nicholas P. Christy, New York City, for plaintiff, John M. Kifaras.

Heineke, Schrader, Marsch & Cuncannan, Chicago, Ill., Mendes & Mount, Matthew J. Corrigan and Randolph O. Petgrave, New York City, for defendant in each case.

Donald P. Reel, Atlantic, Iowa, for defendant, Boeing Co.


DECISION ON THE MERITS

ROBSON, Chief Judge.

These twelve cases were brought against Trans World Airlines (TWA) and The Boeing Company (Boeing) for damages suffered by certain passengers of a Boeing aircraft owned and operated by TWA, which exploded and burned after striking a piece of construction equipment during an aborted take off at Leonardo da Vinci Airport near Rome, Italy, on November 23, 1964. TWA is no longer a party to the action, and the court...

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