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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR CHICAGO, ILL.

Nos. 81-3083, 81-3084.

701 F.2d 1189 (1983)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ON MAY 25, 1979. Appeals of AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. and McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1983.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Allen, Robert E. Haley, Elise E. Singer, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for American Airlines.

Norman J. Barry, Christopher G. Walsh, Rothchild, Barry & Meyers, Chicago, Ill., for McDonnell Douglas Corp.

John J. Kennelly, David A. Novoselsky, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before COFFEY, Circuit Judge, SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, and TEMPLAR, Senior District Judge.

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

This diversity case involves the wrongful death actions filed by the survivors of certain victims of the crash near Chicago on May 25, 1979, of a DC-10 aircraft manufactured by defendant McDonnell Douglas Corporation and owned by defendant American Airlines. Many of these actions, either filed in or removed to federal court, were consolidated for pretrial proceedings in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois...

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