ALASKA AIRLINES v. UNITED STATES

MDL No. 107, Nos. C-71-1729-PMH, C-71-1730-PMH, C-73-0037-PMH, C-74-0115-PMH, C-74-0642-PMH, C-73-2292-PMH.

399 F.Supp. 906 (1975)

ALASKA AIRLINES, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Third-Party Defendant. James J. FLOOD, as Administrator of the Estate of James W. Flood, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. ALASKA AIRLINES, Defendant. James J. FLOOD, as Administrator of the Estate of James W. Flood, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Walter MORRIS, Administrator of the Estate of Alvin Joe Morris, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. ALASKA AIRLINES, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

On Motion to Reconsider July 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. Madole, Washington, D. C., Chairman, James B. Bradley, Juneau, Alaska, Vernon T. Judkins, Richard F. Krutch, Seattle, Wash., Discovery Committee Atkinson, Conway, Young, Bell & Gagnon, Inc. by Joseph L. Young, Richard L. Richmond, Anchorage, Alaska, M. Ashley Dickerson, Inc. by M. Ashley Dickerson, Anchorage, Alaska, Ely, Guess & Rudd by Frances E. Smith, Jr., David H. Bundy, Anchorage, Alaska, Kay, Miller, Libbey, Kelly, Christie & Fuld by Lester W. Miller, Jr., Anchorage, Alaska, Kennelly & Azar by C. R. Kennelly, William G. Azar, Anchorage, Alaska, Krutch, Lindell, Donnelly, Dempcy, Lageschulte & Judkins, P.S. by Richard F. Krutch, Vernon T. Judkins, Seattle, Wash., Magana & Cathcart by James J. McCarthy, Los Angeles, Cal., Robertson, Monagle, Eastaugh & Bradley by James B. Bradley, Juneau, Alaska, Speiser, Krause & Madole by Donald W. Madole, Washington, D. C.

Lord, Bissell & Brook by William P. Butler, Alvin E. Domash, Terry W. Backus, Chicago, Ill., Hagans, Smith & Brown by Charles W. Hagans, Anchorage, Alaska, Engstrom & Lipscomb by Paul W. Engstrom, Los Angeles, Cal., for Alaska Airlines.

Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams by Keith Gerrard, Seattle, Wash., for Boeing Co.

Brill, Hunt, DeBuys & Burby by Robert D. Brill, David C. Haber, Los Angeles, Cal., for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

George M. Fleming, Aviation Unit, Tort Section, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, John Harrison, Asst. Chief Counsel, Litigation Div., Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D. C., for the United States.


Order Transferring Cases to Central District of California Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404.

PEIRSON M. HALL, District Judge.

While this matter involves a mere order for change of venue, which is ordinarily a simple matter, the complexity of the litigation involved in MDL 107 requires a brief statement.

Discovery proceeded diligently by committee appointed by the court. To show the extent of discovery, the committee expended or advanced from their...

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