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FILUS v. LOT POLISH AIRLINES

No. 600, Docket 89-7729.

907 F.2d 1328 (1990)

Danuta Imiolek FILUS, as Administratrix of the Estate of Kazimierz Jan Filus, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Danuta Imiolek Filus, as Administratrix of the Estate of Joanna Marianna Filus, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LOT POLISH AIRLINES, a/k/a Polskie Line Lotnicze, Defendant, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, by its Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ilyushin Design Bureau and Soloviev Design Bureau, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori B. Lasson, New York City (Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, Milton G. Sincoff, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

John Mage, New York City (Wolf Popper Ross Wolf & Jones, New York City), for defendant-appellee.

Before KEARSE and WINTER, Circuit Judges and HAIGHT, District Judge.

HAIGHT, District Judge:

Following an air crash near Warsaw, Poland in May 1987, plaintiff-appellant administratrix brought this action against LOT Polish Airlines, which owned and operated the aircraft, and against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), allegedly acting by designated agencies or instrumentalities. Plaintiff charged those entities with the negligent design, manufacture, assembly, inspection and servicing of the aircraft and its engines. This...

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