IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER AT GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND

No. MDL 683.

684 F.Supp. 927 (1987)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER AT GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND, on DECEMBER 12, 1985.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, Paducah Division.

December 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, Paul D. Welker, Clarksville, Tenn., W. Howell Hopson, III, Geneva F. Parris, Futrell, Hopson & Parris, Cudiz, Ky., Melvin M. Belli, Sr. and Richard E. Brown, Law Offices of Melvin Belli, Sr., San Francisco, Cal., John W. Combs, II, Hopkinsville, Ky., N. Reese Bagwell, Jr., Douglas B. Parker, Bagwell, Bagwell & Parker, Clarksville Tenn., Peter H. Martin, John H. Gasaway, Clarksville, Tenn., Wendell H. Rorie, Rorie & Guier, Hopkinsville, Ky., Roy Neuenschwander, Knoxville, Tenn., J. Allen Lewis, Jr., Florence, S.C., Carol W. Johnson, Hopkinsville, Ky., John Turnbull, Turnbull & Ward, Livingston, Tenn., Charles L. Johnson, II, Clarksville, Tenn., Vince Giovanni, Sobel, Colton & Giovanni, Birmingham, Mich., J. Edmund De Castro, Jr., Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, Buffalo, N.Y., Lucius P. Hawes, Jr., Mark A. Rassas, Tyrone C. Means, Massey, Means & Thomas, Montgomery, Ala., Peden B. McLeod, McLeod, Fraser & Cone, Walterboro, S.C., Gerald C. Smoak, Smoak, Moody, Buckner & Siegel, Walterboro, S.C., Michael A. Parfitt, Ashcraft & Gerel, Washington, D.C., Rogert I. Kimigot, Levy, Phillips & Konigsberg, New York City, Ronald A. Fitzgerald, Fleming, O'Bryan & Fleming, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., W. Michael Morgan, Cunningham, Mitchell & Hicks, Richardson & Richardson Glenn, Wedemeyer, Hay & Grimes, Clarksville, Tenn., Kathy Earhart, Dover, Tenn., William J. Campbell, Jamestown, Tenn., Myers N. Massengill, Caldwell, Johnson, Winston & Massengill, P.C., Bristol, Tenn., J. Daniel Kemp, Turner, Dixon & Kemp, Hopkinsville, Ky., John L. Atkins, W.E. Rogers III, Rogers, Higgins & Atkins, Hopkinsville, Ky., David H. Marsh, Emond & Vines, Birmingham, Ala., Paul D. Welker, Riley C. Darnell, Thomas N. Bateman, Clarksville, Tenn., Neil J. Hoff, Tacoma, Wash., Lucius P. Hawes, Jr., Wright & Hawes, Hopkinsville, Ky., Lee S. Kreindler, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, Mark Rassas, Rassas & Rassas, Clarksville, Tenn., Jamie R. Lebovitz, Willard E. Bartel, Edward I. Stillman, Miller, Stillman & Bartel, Cleveland, Ohio, Philip H. Corboy, Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., Chicago, Ill., Harris J. Berman, Frank E. Haddad, Jr., Louisville, Ky., Cecil Davenport, Louisville, Ky., Richard A. Head, Samuel B. Carl, Louisville, Ky., Windle Turley, John Howie, Law Offices of Windle Turley, P.C., Marvin Thomas, Thomas, Neilson & Griffin, Dallas, Tex., John P. Coale, Coale & Associates, P.C., Washington, D.C., Jorge Ortiz Brunet, Hato Rey, P.R., Nicholas Gilman, Michael J. Pangia, Philadelphia, Pa., Paul Beckman, Baltimore, Md., John J. Kennelly, John J. Kennelly & Associates, Arthur L. Berman, Berman, Fagel, Haber, Maragos & Abrams, Chicago, Ill., Denise Ann Vinet, Kevin Patrick Monahan, Raymond Charles Vinet, Vinet & Monahan, Baton Rouge, La., Bruce G. Mason, Annette E. Mason, Ross & Mason, Omaha, Neb., Thomas L. Toone, Beer & Toone, P.C., Phoenix, Ariz., William W. Cahill, Jr., Deborah G. Shortridge, Baltimore, Md., Garland W. Cravens, Jr., Frick & Powell, Evansville, Ind., Stephen T. Greer, Greer & Smith, Dunlap, Tenn., Steve Melvin, Carter & Melvin, Fayetteville, N.C., Dan Brown, Philip R. Douglas, Lawton, Okl., Paul H. Schietroma, Morris J. Eisen, P.C., New York City, Warren B. Siegal, Phoenix, Ariz., Arthur L. Pressman, Abraham, Pressman & Bauer, P.C., Gerald D. Garfinkle, Philadelphia, Pa., Ken Apgar, Gilbert H. Robinette, Bruce J. Babij, Robinette, Dugan, Seiden & Jakubowski, P.A., Baltimore, Md., Wendell H. Gauthier, Daniel G. Abel, Gauthier, Murphy, Sherman, McCabe & Chehardy, Metairie, La., Elliot G. Snellings, New Orleans, La., Gregory Sharky, Sharky & Sax, Lakewood, N.J., Sheldon Erlich, Loptin, Miller, Freedman, Bluestone Erlich, Rosen & Bartnick, Detroit, Mich., Joseph W. Moch, Grand Rapids, Mich., Massie Tillman, Law Offices of Massie Tillman, Fort Worth, Tex., Charles M. Jones, Jeffery L. Arnold, Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, Ga., Charles E. Yankovich, Towson, Md., Don H. Johnson, Norris, Johnson, Placke & Foley, West Monroe, La., Harris C. Wilson, Jr., Sumter, S.C., George A. Kokus, Law Offices of George A. Kokus, Miami, Fla., Keith A. Jensen, Pratt & Callis, P.C., Granite City, Ill., Richard E. Gerstein, Bailey, Gerstein, Rashkind & Dresnick, Miami, Fla., Robert D. Jones, Fuches & Jones, Royal Palm Beach, Fla., Duane Anderson, Anderson, Moss, Russo, Gievers & Cohne, P.A., Miami, Fla., Neil Slocum, Goethals, Schimmel & Gaule, Las Vegas, Nev., Bruce G. Mason, Ross & Mason, P.C., Omaha, Neb., Paul Siegel, Sinclair, Louis, Siegel, Heath, Hussbaum & Zavertnik, P.A., Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs.

John J. Martin, Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, Edward H. Stopher, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Louisville, Ky., Richard C. Roberts, E.F. Straub, Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Russell, Paducah, Ky., Stephen C. Kenney, Roland R. Stevens, Thomas M. Frieder, Fisher & Hurst, San Francisco, Cal., Robert F. Ruckman, H. Dudley Chambers, David T. Moran, Bryan C. Collins, Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, Dallas, Tex., J. Grant McCabe, III, Philadelphia, Pa., Michael R. Gallagher, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, Ohio, William T. Warner, Confliff, Sandmann, Gorman & Sullivan, Louisville, Ky., Michael B. McKinnis, Terrence J. O'Toole, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., R.K. Christovich, New Orleans, La., Larry S. Kaplan, James F. Murphy, Conklin & Adler, Ltd., Norman J. Barry, Daniel Cummings, Rothschild, Barry & Myers, Chicago, Ill., Steven M. Edwards, Davis, Markel, Dwyer & Edwards, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, New York City, Edgar A. Zingman, Robert C. Ewald, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, Ky., Richard F. Allen, David T. Hunter, Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller, Seattle, Wash., Fred Meyers, Denny Walters, Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow, Seattle, Wash., William A. Pietragallo, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, Pittsburgh, Pa., Michael Penick, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Paducah, Ky., Samuel H. Franklin, Norman Jetmundsen, Jr., Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, Ala., Albert R. Vermeire, Monbleau, Vermeire & Turley, P.C., Phoenix, Ariz., Robert Beshears, O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, Phoenix, Ariz., Barry L. Davis, Thornton, David & Murray, P.A., Harry Weisberg, Miami, Fla., Diego A. Ramos, San Juan, P.R., Russell B. Holloway, A. Scott Johnson, Holloway, Dobson, Hudson & Bachman, Oklahoma City, Okl., Scott W. Pink, Michael R. Marron, Marron, Reid & Sheehy, San Francisco, Cal., Robert J. Dwyer, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, New York City, Leonard E. Nagi, Zamplas, Paskin, Nagi, Baster, Johnson & Walker, P.C., Detroit, Mich., John R. Muth, Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Tom Frieder, Fisher & Hurst, Robert W. Wilson, Evans & Dixon, Edwardsville, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM

JOHNSTONE, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the court on Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on the issue of punitive damages. This is a consolidated case comprised of more than 90 claims for wrongful death stemming from the crash of Arrow Air flight 950 on December 12, 1985 in Gander, Newfoundland. In their Master Complaint and their Amended Master Complaint, Plaintiffs have alleged a cause of action under the Warsaw Convention...

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