IN RE AIRCRASH DISASTER NEAR ROSELAWN, INDIANA

Nos. 95 C 4593, MDL 1070.

954 F.Supp. 175 (1997)

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

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

February 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice R. Forde, Kevin Michael Forde, Kevin M. 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 Plaintiffs.

Storrs Whitmore Downey, Landau, Omahana & Kopka, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Ingersoll Milling Machine Co.

Michael P. Connelly, Thomas F. Tobin, John M. Kelly, Connelly & Schroeder, Chicago, IL, for Avions De Transport Regional, G.I.E., ATR Support, Inc., Alenia S.P.A., Aerospatiale, Inc.

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

Jerold Sherwin Solovy, Anton Ronald Valukas, Sidney I. Schenkier, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Robert L. Alpert, Chapel Hill, NC, for AMR Leasing Corp., AMR Eagle, Inc., Robert H. Mittleman.

Charles William Douglas, Sara J. 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, Burke, Weaver & Prell, Chicago, IL, for Nicholas J. Bua.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

These consolidated cases arise from the tragic crash of American Eagle Flight 4184 near Roselawn, Indiana, in which all 68 people on board perished. Last November, this Court issued a choice of law ruling affecting the availability of compensatory damages for passengers' pre-impact fear and terror. In re Aircrash Disaster Near Roselawn, Indiana on October 31, 1994, 948...

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