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IN RE AIR CRASH AT DALLAS/FORT WORTH AIRPORT

Nos. 87-1855, 87-1883.

856 F.2d 28 (1988)

In re AIR CRASH AT DALLAS/FORT WORTH AIRPORT ON AUGUST 2, 1985. Robert Bruce CHRISTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Michael Thomas McGEE, as Conservator and Next Friend of Jodi Michelle McGee and Jayme Bruce McGee, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Dwain Dent, Fred Streck, III, Robert Haslam, Fort Worth, Tex., for Christy.

Craig A. Haynes, Dallas, Tex., for Delta Air Lines, Inc.

E. Dwain Dent, Fred Streck, III, J. Stewart Bass, Fort Worth, Tex., for McGee.

Before REAVLEY, JOHNSON, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 27, 1988.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge.

In this case we are asked to prognosticate whether the State of Texas affords a cause of action on behalf of minor children for mental anguish, loss of society, and loss of familial relationship with their mother, Linda McGee Ford. Mrs. Ford tragically suffered severe and permanent brain damage as a result of the crash of Delta Airlines Flight 191 on August 2, 1985, near...

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