HOUCK v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES

No. 96 C 7527.

947 F.Supp. 373 (1996)

Mary Ellen HOUCK, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Susan Hill, deceased, Plaintiff, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., a corporation, The Boeing Company, a corporation, and Hydroaire, Inc., a division of Crane Co., a corporation, Defendants.

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

December 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Jovan, Leonard M. Ring & Associates, Chicago, IL, Donald J. Nolan, Albert E. Durkin, Law Offices of Donald J. Nolan, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Alan J. Brinkmeier, Michael J. Merlo, Mary K. McGahey, Merlo, Kanofsky & Brinkmeier, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Randal R. Craft, Jr., Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for Trans World Airlines, Inc.

Thomas M. Crisham, Quinlan & Crisham, Chicago, IL, Steve Bell, Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, for The Boeing Company.

Mark A. Dombroff, Dombroff & Gilmore, Washington, D.C., John Scott Hoff, Chicago, IL, for Hydroaire, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ALESIA, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the Court's motion to transfer this matter to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Hauppauge Division, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).1

I. BACKGROUND

This case arose as a result of the explosion and crash of Trans World Airlines, Inc. ("TWA"), flight number...

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