IN RE KOREAN AIR LINES DISASTER OF SEPT. 1, 1983

MDL No. 565. Civ. A. Nos. 84-79292-BC, 83-73846-DT, 83-75076-DT, 84-74076-DT, 84-74238-DT and 83-73777-DT.

814 F.Supp. 592 (1993)

In re KOREAN AIR LINES DISASTER OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1983. Richard A. BOWDEN, Dorothy Jones, Willie N. James, Daisy E. Bickel, Charles E. Fonville, and Estate of Margaret Zarif (companion cases), Plaintiffs, v. KOREAN AIR LINES CO., LTD., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

January 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David William Potts, Carson Fischer and Potts, Birmingham, MI, for Bowden.

Michael S. Mazur, Chambers, Steiner, Mazur, Ornstein & Amlin, Detroit, MI, for James.

Kevin Mosley, Bailey & Broder, New York City, for Bickel.

Gerald E. Thurswell, Thurswell, Chayet & Weiner, Southfield, MI, for Zarif.

L.S. Charfoos, Charfoos and Christensen, Detroit, MI, for Jones.

Timothy J. Currier, Beier Howlett, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Bickel.

Charles E. Fonville, pro se.

Robert R. Florka, Florka and Jukowski, Bloomfield Hills, MI, George N. Tompkins, Jr., Condon & Forsyth, New York City, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ANNA DIGGS TAYLOR, District Judge.

This litigation arises from the crash of Korean Air Lines Flight KE 007, bound from New York to Seoul, South Korea, in the sea of Japan on September 1, 1983, after it had been attacked by Soviet aircraft. Plaintiffs here are the personal representatives of the six Michigan passengers who, among the total of 269 persons aboard, lost their lives. Plaintiffs filed these wrongful death actions in...

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