SMILEY v. SINCOFF

No. 729, Docket 91-7864.

958 F.2d 498 (1992)

Robert R. SMILEY, III, Appellant, v. Milton G. SINCOFF and Michel F. Baumeister, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pangia, Washington, D.C. (Gilman, Olson & Pangia, on the brief), for appellant.

Steven R. Pounian, New York City (Kreindler & Kreindler, on the brief), for appellees.

Before TIMBERS, WINTER and PRATT, Circuit Judges.


TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises in the consolidated proceeding of nearly 300 civil actions against Spantax Airlines, McDonnell Douglas and United Airlines following the crash of a Spantax DC-10, Flight BX-995 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain on September 13, 1982.

On March 18, 1983, Eugene H. Nickerson, District Judge, appointed a plaintiffs' committee (the committee) to coordinate all aspects of the litigation in the Eastern District of New...

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