In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ON MAY 25, 1979.
Appeal of AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., and
In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ON MAY 25, 1979.
Appeal of McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 8, 1980.
Decided February 17, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas D. Allen, Robert E. Haley, Ruth E. Van Demark, Kathy P. Saxton, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for American Airlines, Inc.,
Norman J. Barry, Christopher G. Walsh, Jr., Rothschild, Barry & Myers, Chicago, Ill., for McDonnell Douglas,
James C. Kellogg, Dennis J. Kellogg, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.
John J. Kennelly, Kevin M. Forde, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.
George F. Archer, Chicago, Ill., for Plesa plaintiffs.
Fred A. York, Mount Clemons, Mich., James F. Graves, East Lansing, Mich., Denis R. Leduc, Mount Clemons, Mich., for Michigan plaintiffs.
Before SPRECHER and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
The questions before us are whether Illinois law allows a court to instruct a jury to award prejudgment interest in an action under the Illinois Wrongful Death Act, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 70, §§ 1, 2, and whether the award of $27,500 given here, supposedly representing prejudgment interest, can be interpreted as being part of the "fair and just compensation" for plaintiff's pecuniary injuries...
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