IN RE AIRCRASH DISASTER NEAR ROSELAWN, IN, OCT. 31, 1994.

Nos. 95 C 4593, MDL 1070.

960 F.Supp. 150 (1997)

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

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

April 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice R. Forde, Kevin Michael Forde, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Michael L. Slack, Slack & Davis, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Gerard R. Lear, Speiser, Krause, Madole & Lear, Rosslyn, VA, Terry O'Reilly, Law Offices of O'Reilly & Collins, Menlo Park, CA, Thomas P. Meehan, Sherman, Meehan & Curtis, P.C., Washington, DC, James T. Crouse, Speiser & Krause, Rosslyn, VA, for Plaintiff.

Storrs Whitworth Downey, Landau, Omahana & Kopka, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Ingersoll Milling Machine Company.

William Joseph Cook, Cook & Ritter, Chicago, IL, for Hilton Hotels Corporation.

Michael P. Connelly, Thomas F. Tobin, John M. Kelly, Connelly & Schroeder, Chicago, Il, for Avions de Transport Regional, G.I.E., A.T.R. Marketing, Inc., Alenia S.P.A. and Aerospatiale, Inc.

Jerold Sherwin Solovy, Anton Ronald Valukas, Sidney I. Schenkier, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Charles William Douglas, Sara Gourley, Sheila Ann Sundvall, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for American Airlines, Inc. and AMR Corporation.

Jerold Sherwin Solovy, Anton Ronald Valukas, Sidney I. Schenkier, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Charles William Douglas, Sara Gourley, Sheila Ann Sundvall, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Robert L. Alpert, Chapel Hill, NC, for AMR Leasing Corporation, AMR Eagle, Inc. and Robert H. Mittelman estate.

Jerold Sherwin Solovy, Anton Ronald Valukas, Sidney I. Schenkier, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Charles William Douglas, Sara Gourley, Sheila Ann Sundvall, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Robert L. Alpert, Chapel Hill, NC, Thomas P. Meehan, Sherman, Meehan & Curtis, P.C., Washington, DC, for Simmons Airlines, Inc.

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

Nicholas J. Bua, Judge, Burke, Weaver & Prell, Chicago, IL, for Nicholas J. Bua.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

Presently pending before the Court are over thirty cases arising from the fatal crash of American Eagle Flight 4184 in Indiana approximately two and one-half years ago. Defendant Simmons Airlines, Inc. has asked this Court to rule on the availability of punitive damages in those cases governed by the Warsaw Convention.1 In support of their motion, the defendants simply...

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