IN RE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA LITIGATION

Master File No. 85-2745. Civ. A. Nos. 87-2678, 85-3528 and 87-2756.

938 F.Supp. 1264 (1996)

In re CITY OF PHILADELPHIA LITIGATION. Ramona AFRICA v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al. Louise JAMES, Administratrix of the Estate of Frank James v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al. Alfonso LEAPHART, Administrator of the Estate of Vincent Leaphart v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

January 18, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andre L. Dennis, Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Ramona Africa.

Ramona Africa, Philadelphia, PA, pro se.

Arlene F. Bell, City of Philadelphia, Law Department, Philadelphia, PA, Debra M. Russo, Philadelphia, PA, E. Jane Hix, City of Philadelphia Law Dept., Philadelphia, PA, for City of Philadelphia.

Arlene F. Bell, City of Philadelphia, Law Dept., Philadelphia, PA, Debra M. Russo, Philadelphia, PA, for Willie Goode.

Steven R. Waxman, R. James Kravitz, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, PA, Arlene F. Bell, City of Philadelphia, Law Dept., Philadelphia, PA, Debra M. Russo, Philadelphia, PA, for Leo A. Brooks.

Arlene F. Bell, City of Philadelphia, Law Dept., Philadelphia, PA, Debra M. Russo, Philadelphia, PA, John W. Morris, Philadelphia, PA, for Gregore Sambor.

Stephen J. Imbriglia, Hecker, Brown, Sherry and Johnson, Philadelphia, PA, Arlene F. Bell, City of Philadelphia, Law Dept., Philadelphia, PA, Debra M. Russo, Philadelphia, PA, Peter C. Kennedy, Hecker, Brown, Sherry and Johnson, Philadelphia, PA, for William Richmond.

Arlene F. Bell, City of Philadelphia, Law Dept., Philadelphia, PA, Debra M. Russo, Philadelphia, PA, for Frank Powell, Lt.

John R. O'Donnell, Zarwin & Baum, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Arlene F. Bell, City of Philadelphia, Law Dept., Philadelphia, PA, Debra M. Russo, Philadelphia, PA, for William Klein.

Laura Fredricks, Deputy Attorney General, Philadelphia, PA, Arlene F. Bell, City of Philadelphia, Law Dept., Philadelphia, PA, Debra M. Russo, Philadelphia, PA, John O.J. Shellenberger, III, Office of Attorney General, Philadelphia, PA, for Morris Demsko, Richard Reed.

Fincourt B. Shelton, Darby, PA, for Louise James.

Rosemarie Rhodes, Harper & Paul, Philadelphia, PA, for Alfonso Leaphart.


OPINION*

LOUIS H. POLLAK, Senior District Judge.

The questions to be addressed this afternoon are motions filed by the defendants Brooks, Sambor and Richmond.

The motions filed by these defendants relate to the claims which the plaintiffs have brought against these defendants under state law, that is to say the law of Pennsylvania, alleging that the events surrounding the dropping of the bomb back in May of 1985 generated...

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