MIREE v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 19293 and Nos. 19412, C74-24A, C74-291A, C74-1069A, C74-1074A, C74-1272A, C75-218A and C75-320A.

490 F.Supp. 768 (1980)

George Henson MIREE et al. v. UNITED STATES of America et al.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

February 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh M. Dorsey, Jr., Michael Brooks, Jule W. Felton, Jr., Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, Atlanta, Ga., Gilbert E. Johnston, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs Miree.

Claude R. Ross and Baxter H. Finch, A. Russell Blank, Ross & Finch, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff Phillips.

J. Arthur Mozley, Phillips, Hart & Mozley, Atlanta, Ga., for Fireman's Fund, Southeast Machinery, and Semac Industries.

Joe C. Freeman, Jr., Richard P. Schultz, Paul M. Hawkins, Freeman & Hawkins, Atlanta, Ga., Kevin S. King, Trauner, King & Cohen, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs Fields and Local Properties.

Herbert S. Falk, Jr., Falk, Carruthers & Roth, Greensboro, N. C., for plaintiffs Fields and Howard & C&S, et al.

Robert W. Patrick and Robert M. Travis, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff Sellfors.

George H. Freisem, III, Glover McGhee, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs Howard, Nicholson, et al.

Alan J. Konigsberg, Milton G. Sincoff, Donald Kreindler, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, Stanley E. Galkin, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs Howard & C&S, et al.

N. Forrest Montet, Montet & Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant Machinery Buyers.

Cecile Hatfield, George M. Fleming, Burton Lee, Nicholas Gilman, Trial Attys., Torts Branch, Civil Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Douglas P. Roberto, William D. Mallard, Asst. U. S. Attys., Atlanta, Ga., for United States.

Meade Burns, J. M. Hudgins, IV, Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants Manget and DeKalb County.

George Dillard, Decatur, Ga., for defendant DeKalb County.


ORDER

O'KELLEY, District Judge.

Following a tragic airplane accident at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in which all seven persons on board were killed and one bystander seriously injured, a host of complaints, counterclaims, cross-claims, and third-party complaints were filed separately by and against all those even remotely connected with the incident. A number of plaintiffs commenced their suits against, among others, the United States and DeKalb County, accusing...

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