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JACKSON v. KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ N. V.

Nos. 77 Civ. 5867 RJW, 78 Civ. 1121 RJW and 78 Civ. 254 RJW.

459 F.Supp. 953 (1978)

Joan K. JACKSON and John A. Hackett, Plaintiffs, v. KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ N. V. a/k/a KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines, a Corporation and The Boeing Company, a Corporation, Defendants. Carla JOHNSON and Robert Polin, Plaintiffs, v. KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ N. V. a/k/a KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines, a Corporation and The Boeing Company, a Corporation, Defendants. Suzanne C. DONOVAN and Jeffrey B. Rettig, Plaintiffs, v. KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ N. V. a/k/a KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines, a Corporation and The Boeing Company, a Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

November 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Lee Bailey, Boston, Mass., and Aaron J. Broder, New York City, for plaintiffs; Aaron J. Broder, New York City, of counsel.

Condon & Forsyth, New York City, for defendants; George N. Tompkins, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.

Defendant KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines ("KLM") moves to dismiss the punitive damage claims in these actions pursuant to Rules 12(b)(6), 12(c), and 56, Fed.R.Civ.P. For the reasons hereinafter stated, the motions are granted.

These diversity actions to recover damages for personal injuries arise from the air crash on March 27, 1977 involving a Pan American World Airways, Inc. 747 aircraft, on which plaintiffs Joan K. Jackson, Carla...

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