IN RE PAGO PAGO AIRCRASH OF JAN. 30, 1974

MDL Docket No. 176. No. CV-74-424-PH (Giles).

419 F.Supp. 1158 (1976)

In re PAGO PAGO AIRCRASH OF JANUARY 30, 1974.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

September 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Belli, Ashe & Choulos, by Robert B. Ingram, San Francisco, Cal., Butler, Jefferson & Fry, by James G. Butler, James M. Jefferson, Jr., Michael A. K. Dan, Los Angeles, Cal., Christensen, Gardiner, Jensen & Evans, by Ray R. Christensen, Salt Lake City, Utah, Paul F. Cronin, Honolulu, Hawaii, Law Offices of Floyd A. Demanes, by Floyd A. Demanes, Burlingame, Cal., Ferguson, Ferguson & Newburn, by John L. Newburn, La Jolla, Cal., Graham, McCord, Dunn, Moen, Johnston & Rosenquist, by Ben J. Gantt, Jr., Seattle, Wash., John J. Kennelly, Chicago, Ill., Kreindler & Kreindler, by Lee S. Kreindler, New York City, Krutch, Lindell, Donnelly, Demcy, Lageschulte & Judkins by Richard F. Krutch, Vernon T. Judkins, Seattle, Wash., Bernal L. Lewis, Woodside, Cal., Magana & Cathcart, by Daniel C. Cathcart, James J. McCarthy, Los Angeles, Cal., Morgan, Wenzel & McNicholas by Wm. Marshall Morgan, Los Angeles, Cal., Simons & Schlesinger, by Sheldon J. Schlesinger, Hollywood, Fla., Stolhandske, Simmons & Stolhandske, by Tom Stolhandske, San Antonio, Tex., Walkup, Downing & Sterns, by Gerald G. Sterns, Thomas G. Smith, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

O'Melveny & Myers, by Everett B. Clary, B. Boyd Hight, Jr., Mark Wood, Los Angeles, Cal., for the Boeing Co.

Law Offices of William G. Tucker, by William G. Tucker, Philip L. Johnson, Richard A. Vachon, Los Angeles, Cal., for Pan American World Airways, Inc.

Groezinger, Vonk, Hershenson & Bjornsen, by Louis L. Fayne, Los Angeles, Cal., for State Compensation Ins. Fund.

O. K. Nielsen, Salem, Or., for State Accident Ins. Fund.

Mark A. Dombroff, Department of Justice, Civ. Div., Aviation Unit, Tort Claims Section, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Thomas E. Tager, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs in intervention.

Hanna, Brophy, MacLean, McAleer & Jensen, by Michael G. Lowe, San Francisco, Cal., for Travelers Ins. Co.

Hagenbaugh & Murphy, by Everett S. Hinchcliffe, Los Angeles, Cal., for Ins. Co. of North America.


MEMORANDUM OPINION DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE PARAGRAPH 15 OF DEFENDANT'S ANSWER RAISING WARSAW LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND ORDER THEREON

PEIRSON M. HALL, Senior District Judge.

The motions under immediate consideration in this case arise in 123 pending cases, involving 78 decedents and 4 personal injuries, occurring in the air crash of a Pan American plane on American Samoa on January 30, 1974. Most of the cases were filed in this court; and those...

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