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MARKS v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC.

No. 84-3354.

785 F.2d 539 (1986)

Everard W. MARKS, III, Individually and as Duly Qualified Provisional Administrator of the Succession of Everard W. Marks, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Kerrigan, Jr., Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Francis G. Weller, Marc J. Yellin, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants, cross-appellees.

William C. Gambel, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, Wilson S. Shirley, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before WISDOM, POLITZ and TATE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is another in the growing list of cases arising out of the tragic crash of Pan American World Airways Flight 759 in Kenner, Louisiana, on July 9, 1982. Plaintiffs are the four children1 of Mary Ann Marks and Everard W. Marks, Jr., two of the passengers on that fatal flight. Suit under Louisiana's wrongful death article resulted in a jury verdict awarding each child $250,000 per parent...

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