IN RE N-500L CASES

Civ. No. 78-2126.

517 F.Supp. 825 (1981)

In re N-500L CASES.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

As Amended May 11 and August 25, 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 & Vasquez, San Juan, P. R., Robert J. Griswold, San Juan, P. R., for defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

TORRUELLA, District Judge.

This is one of several decisions related to the September 26, 1978 crash of the N-500L,1 a Twin Beech aircraft which came down in the Barrio Obrero section of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the first dealing with the merits of a tragedy which resulted in the death of all on board and caused diverse personal injuries and property damage on...

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