BOWEN v. PAN AM. WORLD AIRWAYS, INC.

Nos. 77 Civ. 4076, 77 Civ. 4077

474 F.Supp. 563 (1979)

Wilma Lee BOWEN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ruby M. Koslosky, Deceased, on behalf of Ruby M. Koslossky, and Lee W. Hartley, on behalf of Bag and Baggage, Inc., an Alaska Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., a corporation, and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Inc. (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, N. V.), a foreign corporation, Doe 1, Doe 2, and Doe 3 through 10, inclusive, Defendants. William BLACKMON, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ralph M. Koslosky, Deceased, on behalf of Ralph M. Koslosky, and the children of the Deceased, Larry Koslosky, Mark Koslosky, Cheryl Koslosky and Gerald Lee Koslossky, and Jan M. Koslosky, on behalf of Koslosky Enterprises, Inc., an Alaska Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., a corporation, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, a corporation, the Boeing Company, a corporation, Doe 1, Doe 2, and Doe 3 through 10, inclusive, Defendants.

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

March 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Tulin, Anchorage, Alaska, for Bowen.

James F. Leggett, Tacoma, Wash., for Blackmon.

James J. Delaney, Jr., Anchorage, Alaska, Delaney, Wiles, Moore, Hayes & Reitman, Anchorage, Alaska, Randal R. Craft, Jr., Peter Hoenig, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for Pan Am.


ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.

Defendant Pan American World Airways, Inc. ("Pan Am") moves to dismiss the seventh cause of action of the first amended complaint in each of these companion wrongful death actions arising from the collision of a Pan Am 747 jet aircraft with a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 747 jet aircraft on the airport runway at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Canary Islands, Spain, on March 27, 1977. For the reasons hereinafter stated, the motions are granted...

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