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WINDBOURNE v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC.

Nos. 76 C 237, 76 C 241, 76 C 457, 76 C 250—76 C 253, 76 C 572, 76 C 573, 76 C 1023, 76 C 1024, 76 C 255, 76 C 256, 76 C 258, 76 C 260, 76 C 265, 76 C 1022 and 76 C 1025.

479 F.Supp. 1130 (1979)

WINDBOURNE, Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. DOMANGUE, Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. MAHFOUD, Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. O'ROURKE (Behar), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. O'ROURKE (Abbate), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. O'ROURKE (Alzozo), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. O'ROURKE (Daha), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. BRIGHT, Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. HICKEY, Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. O'ROURKE (R. Bigio), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants (two cases). O'ROURKE (P. Hansen), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. Mary HANSEN (P. Hansen), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. O'ROURKE (W. Hansen), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. Karin M. HANSEN (W. Hansen), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. O'ROURKE (Merkouris), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. JENNINGS (Merkouris), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. O'ROURKE (Priniotakis), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. CAPPIELLO (Priniotakis), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. O'ROURKE (Alexandridis), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. CAPPIELLO (Alexandridis), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. O'ROURKE (Manias), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. JENNINGS (Manias), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. O'ROURKE (Hadzis), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants. CAPPIELLO (Hadzis), Plaintiff, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., et al., Defendants.

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

May 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. C. Geoghan, Geoghan, Tutrone & Grossman, New York City, for Hansen plaintiffs.

William A. Jennings, San Jose, Cal., for Manias and Merkouris plaintiffs.

Edward M. Katz, Phillips & Cappiello, New York City, for Priniotakis, Alexandridis and Hadzis plaintiffs.

George E. Farrell, Healey & Farrell, Washington, D. C., for Mahfoud plaintiff.

Milton G. Sincoff, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, Frank H. Granito, Jr., Speiser & Krause, New York City, Jack C. Benjamin, Kierr, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, Fallon & Lewis, New Orleans, La., Tony B. Jobe, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Walter E. Rutherford, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for defendant Eastern Air Lines.

Michael J. Pangia, Asst. Director, Torts Branch Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant United States.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISIONS AND ORDERS

BRAMWELL, District Judge.

The motions and cross motions before the Court today comprise but another phase in the complicated legal motif emanating from the unwinding arabesque of MDL 227. While the first motion interposed by Eastern Air Lines appeared simple enough, its complexity grew with the stream of further motions, cross motions, reply affidavits and further reply affidavits that poured in quickly thereafter. Indeed...

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