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IN RE PAN AM CORP.

No. 502, Docket 93-5039.

16 F.3d 513 (1994)

In re PAN AM CORPORATION; Pan American World Airways, Inc.; Pan Am Express, Inc.; Pan Am Shuttle, Inc.; PAA Corporation; Pan Am Commercial Services, Inc.; Allmat International, Inc.; Alert Management Systems, Inc., Debtors. Gordon Thomson MURRAY, Individually as surviving spouse of Agnes Murray, deceased, and as Executor of the Estate of Agnes Murray, deceased, for the use and benefit of Gordon Thomson Murray, surviving spouse; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC.; Alert Management Systems, Inc.; Pan Am World Services, Inc., now known as Johnson Controls World Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 17, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Toland, Baltimore, MD (Read K. McCaffrey, Patton, Boggs & Blow, Baltimore, MD, Steven Skulnik, Pavia & Harcourt, New York, NY, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard M. Sharp, Washington, DC (Frederick C. Schafrick, Ruth L. Henning, Shea & Gardner, Washington, DC, James M. Shaughnessy, Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives, New York, NY, Clinton H. Coddington, Coddington, Hicks & Danforth, Redwood City, CA, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: McLAUGHLIN, JACOBS and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:

In December 1988, Pan American Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing hundreds in the air and on the ground. This devastating tragedy engendered a great number of wrongful death and personal injury suits against the airline. The task of resolving these claims, already difficult because of the international aspects of the disaster, was made herculean by Pan Am's subsequent bankruptcy.

In this appeal, we address one...

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