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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER, ETC.

Nos. 5, 6, Dockets 78-7596, 79-7063.

635 F.2d 67 (1980)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER AT JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 24, 1975.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin I. Friedman, New York City (Kreindler & Kreindler and Speiser & Krause, P.C., with Milton G. Sincoff, Frank H. Granito, Jr., John R. Altieri, Michael W. Foster, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Walter E. Rutherford, New York City (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, Alan D. Reitzfeld, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant, Eastern Air Lines, Inc.

Before WATERMAN, MOORE and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges.

MOORE, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the tragic crash of an Eastern Air Lines, Inc. ("Eastern") Boeing 727 jet aircraft at John F. Kennedy International Airport ("JFK") in New York City on June 24, 1975. Defendant Eastern, operator of the aircraft, appeals from a judgment of liability after a jury trial in the Eastern District of New York (Honorable Henry Bramwell, District Judge). Eastern alleges various reversible errors committed during the trial and in the...

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