IN RE N-500L CASES

Civ. No. 78-2126.

517 F.Supp. 816 (1981)

In re N-500L CASES.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

February 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Silverman, Speiser, Krause & Madole, Washington, D. C., Harvey B. Nachman, Santurce, P. R., Paul E. Calvesbert, Hato Rey, P. R., attys. of the plaintiffs' committee.

Domingo A. Alvarez, Rio Pierdras, P. R., Richard H. Silver, Miami, Fla., Gabriel I. Penagaricano, Santurce, P. R., Jorge Ortiz Brunet, Ortiz, Toro, Ortiz, Bruner & Navelra, Hato Rey, P. R., James A. Toro, Old San Juan, P. R., Angel L. Tapia Flores, Rio Piedras, P. R., Rafael Ojeda Colón, San Juan, P. R., Gustavo Gelpi, Old San Juan, P. R., Jorge M. Suro, Santurce, P. R., Robert E. Schneider, Jr., Santurce, P. R., and Jiminez & Fuste, Hato Rey, P. R., for plaintiffs.

Francisco Ponsa Flores, San Juan, P. R., Alex Gonzalez, Dubon, Gonzalez & Vasquez, San Juan, P. R., Calvin F. David, Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder & Carson, Miami, Fla., Francisco, Agrait, Oliveras, Agrait & Oliveras, Hato Rey, P. R., Jose A. Masini Soler, Soler Favale & Masini Soler, Hato Rey, P. R., Phillip J. Kolczynski, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Vilma J. Vilá Sellés, Asst. U. S. Atty., Hato Rey, P. R., Steve Segal, Rio Piedras, P. R., Alberto J. Pérez Hernández Dubón, González & Vazquez, San Juan, P. R., Robert J. Griswold, San Juan, P. R., for defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

TORRUELLA, District Judge.

On September 26, 1978, a ten passenger Twin Beech aircraft FAA Registration Number N-500L (hereinafter referred to as the "N-500L"), carrying five passengers and piloted by Jerry Cannon, crashed in the Barrio Obrero Section of San Juan, Puerto Rico while on approach to land at Isla Verde International Airport. The aircraft was a total loss, all on board perished, a number of persons on the ground were injured...

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