IN RE AIRCRASH DISASTER NEAR ROSELAWN, INDIANA

No. 95 C 4593.

909 F.Supp. 1083 (1995)

In re AIRCRASH DISASTER NEAR ROSELAWN, INDIANA ON OCTOBER 31, 1994.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

November 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Alpert, Chapel Hill, NC, Jerold S. Solovy, Anton R. Valukas, Sidney J. Scheukier, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Illinois, Charles W. Douglas, Sara J. Gourley, Sheila A. Sundvall, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Illinois, for: American Eagle, Simmons Airlines, Inc., AMR Eagle, Inc. AMR Leasing Corporation, and Robert H. Mittelman.

Michael P. Connelly, Thomas F. Tobin, Connelly & Schroeder, Chicago, Illinois, Stephen C. Johnson, Hugh Richard Koss, Lillick & Charles, San Francisco, California, for: Avions de Transport Regional; ATR Support, Inc., and ATR Marketing, Inc.

Richard Palmer, Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Illinois, for Honeywell, Inc.

Robert E. Bennett, Robert E. Bennett & Associates, Chicago, Illinois, for: Plaintiffs, Sithole and Dhlamini (Masilo).

James T. Crouse, Speiser, Krause, Madole & Mendelsohn, San Antonio, Texas, for: Plaintiffs, Begeny, Bonneau, Bramley, Elam (Readings), Griffo, LaRoche, Robitaille and Wright.

Kevin P. Durkin & Robert A. Clifford, Clifford Law Offices, Chicago, Illinois, for: Plaintiffs MacKenzie (Tweedie), DeMarco, Guba, Modaff, Snyder and Thompson.

Michael K. Demetrio & Thomas A. Demetrio, Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., Chicago, Illinois, for: Plaintiffs Bailenson, Spencer, MacDonald, Melamed (Johnson), Parmar, Sjoberg, Cunningham, and Dwyer.

James P. Kreindler, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, for: Plaintiffs, Droy and MacMillin, Stackhouse, Sayles Grimberg decedents (Fla.).

Kevin M. Forde, Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois, for: Plaintiff, Fulle.

Martin E. Klein, Law Offices of Martin E. Klein, Chicago, Illinois, for: Plaintiff, Harast (Patrick Henry).

John R. Leach, O'Quinn, Kerensky, McAninch & Laminack, Houston, Texas, for: Plaintiff, Holberg.

William F. Maready & T.C. Comerford, Robinson, Maready, Lawing & Comerford, LLP., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for: Plaintiffs Anglemeyer and Shellberg.

Clifford M. Panek, Parrillo, Weiss & O'Halloran, Chicago, Illinois, for: Plaintiff, Calderon.

Michael F. Pezzulli, Pezzulli & Associates, Dallas, Texas, for: Plaintiffs, Ramm and Leech.

Donald L. Salem, Law Offices of D.L. Salem, San Diego, California, for: Plaintiff Ganong.

David Ian Katzman, Wilson & Katzman, Schaden, Wilson & Katzman, Broomfield, Colorado, for: Plaintiffs, Kim (Ko), Ramm and Leach.

Michael L. Slack, Slack & Davis, L.L.P., Austin, Texas, for: Plaintiff, Buck (Tribble).

Herbert F. Stride, Stride, Craddock & Stride, Chicago, Illinois, William J. Harte, William J. Harte, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois, for: Plaintiff, Ernst.

Gerard R. Lear, Speiser, Krause, Madole & Lear, Rosslyn, Virginia.

Terry O'Reilly, Law Offices of O'Reilly & Collins, Menlo Park, California.

Donald Nolan & Bill Jovan, Chicago, IL, for Severin, Moore, Cunningham, W.

Thomas P. Meehan, Sherman, Meehan & Curtin, P.C., Washington, DC, for Robert Holberg.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

On October 31, 1994, while in a holding pattern for its approach to O'Hare International Airport, American Eagle Flight 4184 from Indianapolis, Indiana to Chicago, Illinois crashed near Roselawn, Indiana. Tragically, all 64 passengers and the 4 crew members aboard the flight were killed. Today, this Court finds that it has jurisdiction to preside over the numerous actions arising out of the crash...

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