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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR HONOLULU, HAWAII

No. MDL-807.

783 F.Supp. 1261 (1992)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR HONOLULU, HAWAII, ON FEBRUARY 24, 1989. This Document Relates To: All Actions.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

January 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Gerrard, John D. Dillow, Scott F. Seablom, Perkins Coie, Seattle, Wash., for Boeing Co.

Gregory C. Read, David E. Mauldin, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, Cal., for United Airlines, Inc.

Juanita Madole, Speiser, Krause, Madole & Cook, Irvine, Cal., L. Richard Fried, Jr., Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks, Honolulu, Hawaii, Bruce A. Lampert, Schaden, Swanson & Lampert, Denver, Colo., Andrew P. Lamis, Lieff, Cabraser & Heimann, Richard Brown, Belli, Belli, Brown, Manzione, Fabbro & Zakaria, San Francisco, Cal., Gary M. Mogil, Wasserman, Comden & Casselman, Tarzana, Cal., James R. Collins, O'Reilly & Collins, Menlo Park, Cal., John S. Carroll, Carroll, Smith & Buchli, Honolulu, Hawaii, Michael R. Devitt, Beus, Gilbert & Morrill, Phoenix, Ariz., Edward I. Stillman, Miller, Stillman & Bartel, Cleveland, Ohio, Walter H. Walker, III, Law Offices of Walter Walker, San Francisco, Cal., Howard E. Shafran, F. Lee Bailey & Aaron J. Broder, New York City, James J. McCarthy, Magana, Cathcart, McCarthy & Pierry, Los Angeles, Cal., Ned Good, Pasadena, Cal., for plaintiffs.

ORDER

WALKER, District Judge.

On August 13, 1990, this court ruled that the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 761 et seq. ("DOHSA"), was a necessary cause of action for the plaintiffs asserting wrongful death claims in this case, which arose in connection with the mid-air accident involving United Airlines Flight 811 on February 24, 1989. The court further held that DOHSA provides only pecuniary damages to surviving dependents, and therefore...

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