FLANAGAN v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP.

Nos. CV-74-808-PH, CV-76-2559-PH, CV-76-3501-PH and CV-74-2065-PH; MDL No. 172.

428 F.Supp. 770 (1977)

Geraldine L. FLANAGAN, Individually and as heir of Claire Lux, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION and United States of America, Defendants. Huseyin MUSTAFA, Individually, and Serife Mustafa, Individually, and as heirs of Nebil Mustafa, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION et al., Defendants. Maria PERNIAS and Atilio Cerimedo, Plaintiffs, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION et al., Defendants. Liliana Monica PERNIAS, Plaintiff, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

January 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Lee Bailey, Boston, Mass., and Aaron J. Broder by Seymour Madow, New York City, Butler, Jefferson, Fry & Dan by James G. Butler, James M. Jefferson, Jr., Robert P. Fry, Michael A. K. Dan, Moses Lebowitz, Chase, Rotchford, Drukker & Bogust by Henry J. Bogust, Los Angeles, Cal., Goldfarb & Singer, Washington, D.C., Green Royce & Seaman by Irving H. Green, Beverly Hills, Cal., Hodge & Hodges by John R. Skoog, Los Angeles, Cal., Horgan & Robinson by Mark P. Robinson, Los Angeles, Cal., Kreindler & Kreindler by Lee S. Kreindler, Marc S. Moller, Melvin I. Friedman, New York City, Krutch, Lindell, Donnelly, Dempcy, Lageschulte & Judkins, P. S., by Richard F. Krutch, Vernon T. Judkins, Seattle, Wash., Lewis, Wilson, Cowles, Lewis & Jones, Ltd. by Richard H. Jones, Arlington, Va., McGrail & Nordlund by Joseph V. McGrail, Alexandria, Va., Magana, Cathcart & McCarthy by Daniel C. Cathcart, James J. McCarthy, Los Angeles, Cal., Morgan, Wenzel & McNicholas by Wm. Marshall Morgan, Los Angeles, Cal., David Noble, Los Angeles, Cal., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison by Joseph S. Iseman, John J. O'Neil, New York City, Shahin & Wawro by James Wawro, Los Angeles, Cal., Sherman & Schwartz by Arthur Sherman, Beverly Hills, Cal., Speiser & Krause by Stuart M. Speiser, Charles F. Krause, New York City, Speiser, Krause & Madole by Donald W. Madole, A. George Glasco, Juanita M. Madole, Washington, D.C., Walkup, Downing & Sterns by Gerald C. Sterns, Thomas G. Smith, San Francisco, Cal., Walsh & Levine by Laurence W. Levine, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Kirtland & Packard by Robert C. Packard, Jacques Soiret, Los Angeles, Cal., Mendes & Mount by James M. FitzSimons, Joseph J. Asselta, New York City, Tuttle & Taylor by William A. Norris, Joseph R. Austin, Charles B. Rosenberg, Ronald C. Peterson, Los Angeles, Cal., Belcher, Henzie & Biegenzahn by Leo J. Biegenzahn, Los Angeles, Cal., for McDonnell Douglas.

Overton, Lyman & Prince by Fred S. Lack, Jr., Brenton F. Goodrich, Gregory A. Long, Ernest E. Johnson, Los Angeles, Cal., for General Dynamics.

Adams, Duque & Hazeltine by Thomas F. Call, Los Angeles, Cal., Condon & Forsyth by George N. Tompkins, Jr., Desmond T. Barry, Jr., Frank A. Silane, New York City, Latham & Watkins by Philip F. Belleville, A. Victor Antola, Thomas L. Harnsberger, Los Angeles, Cal., Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge by Phillip D. Bostwick, Jay H. Bernstein, Washington, D.C., for Turkish Airlines Inc.

William D. Keller, U.S. Atty. by James R. Dooley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., George E. Farrell, John J. Laughlin, Jr., Herbert L. Lyons, Sp. Attys., Tort Claims Section, Aviation Unit, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Neil Eisner, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C., for the United States.


CONSOLIDATED MEMORANDUM AND ORDERS

PEIRSON M. HALL, Senior District Judge.

This consolidated memorandum is required because the Flanagan case permeates all the cases; and the Mustafa and the two Pernias cases are concerned with the tolling of the California Statute of Limitations in wrongful death cases. Needless repetition is thus avoided.

Among the 346 killed in the March 3, 1974, crash of the DC-10 Turkish Airlines plane near...

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