RENO AIR CRASH v. GALAXY AIRLINES, INC.

No. C1-86-327.

391 N.W.2d 77 (1986)

In re RENO AIR CRASH OF JANUARY 21, 1985, Robin R. Ness and Rebecca E. Ness, co-trustees for the heirs of David A. Ehlers and Barbara A. Ehlers, decedents, Appellants, v. GALAXY AIRLINES, INC., Respondent, Desert Palace, et al., Defendants, Plaintiffs' Liability Committee, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied September 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Share, Briggs & Morgan, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Elizabeth Hoene, Doherty, Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, for Galaxy Airlines, Inc.

James R. Schwebel, Peter H. Berge, Schwebel, Goetz, Sieben and Hanson, P.A., Minneapolis, for Plaintiffs' Liability Committee.

Heard, considered and decided by POPOVICH, C.J., and WOZNIAK and RANDALL, JJ.


OPINION

POPOVICH, Chief Judge.

Appellants co-trustees in a wrongful death action settled their claim with defendants. Subsequently, appellants were ordered to comply with a pre-trial order requiring 5% of settlement to be placed in respondent Plaintiffs' Liability Committee's escrow account for later payment of respondent's fees and expenses. Appellants challenge that order claiming the trial court (1) lacked jurisdiction to make the post-settlement order...

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