STANFORD v. KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORP.

Nos. 85 Civ. 0477(RO), 85 Civ. 2448(RO) and 88 Civ. 7792(RO).

892 F.Supp. 95 (1995)

Lorraine P. STANFORD, Executrix of the Estate of William L. Stanford, Plaintiff, v. KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORP., et al., Defendants. Edwena R. HEGNA, Executrix of the Estate of Charles F. Hegna, Plaintiff, v. KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORP., et al., Defendants. Charles KAPAR, Plaintiff, v. KUWAIT AIRWAYS CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Durant, Sabanosh, Nichols & Houston, Bridgeport, CT (Ralph P. Dupont, of counsel), Friedman Biondi & James, New York City (John P. James, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Koonz McKenney Johnson & Regan, Washington, DC (Roger C. Johnson, of counsel), for plaintiff Kapar.

Bigham Englar Jones & Houston, James B. McQuillan, New York City, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

OWEN, District Judge.

In this case, involving a hijacking of a commercial airliner in 1984 with torture and two murders ensuing, defendant Middle East Airlines (MEA) moves for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Rule 50(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. A jury trial of this remaining defendant was had in December of 1993. At the close of plaintiffs' case, MEA moved for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Rule 50(a)...

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