PLATT v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP.

Civ. No. 79-74433.

554 F.Supp. 360 (1983)

Karen E. PLATT, Special Administratrix of the Estate of Marcia E. Platt, Deceased; Robert Platt and Willeen E. Platt, individually, Plaintiffs, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION and American Airlines, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

January 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Graves, E. Lansing, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg, James P. Feeney, John Heaphy, Detroit, Mich., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION ON DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS CERTAIN CLAIMS AND FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

THORNTON, District Judge.

This action for money damages arises out of the airplane crash of a DC-10 on May 25, 1979, near Chicago, Illinois which resulted in the deaths of all persons aboard. The Defendants, McDonnell Douglas Corporation and American Airlines, do not contest liability for compensatory damages.

Plaintiffs' decedent, Marcia E. Platt,...

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