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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR NEW ORLEANS, LA.

No. 84-3303.

764 F.2d 1082 (1985)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA ON JULY 9, 1982. Arthur TUDELA, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., United States Aviation Underwriters, Incorporated, the Boeing Company and Federal Aviation Administration, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Francis G. Weller, Darrell K. Cherry, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

Mopeik & Cerullo, Norman Mopsik, Thomas Cerullo, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before WISDOM, TATE and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents another claim arising from the crash of Pan American World Airways flight 759 in Kenner, Louisiana, on July 9, 1982. This case presents only one question of any note — whether Louisiana law permits a plaintiff to recover for mental trauma caused by exposure to the results of a defendant's negligence, when the plaintiff has suffered no physical injury or property damage and was in no physical danger. For the...

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