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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR WARSAW, POLAND

Nos. MDL 787, 87 CV 3957 and 88 CV 4019.

979 F.Supp. 164 (1997)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR WARSAW, POLAND ON MAY 9, 1987. Isaac KIRSCH, as Administrator of the Estate of Aniela Kirsch, deceased, Plaintiff, v. LOT POLICY AIRLINES, a/k/a Polskie Linie Lotnicze, Defendant. Elizabeth Bauer CWIK, Individually, and as Administratix of the Estate of her son, Vincent Joseph Cwik, Jr. deceased, and on behalf of her decedent's surviving wife, Marta K. Cwik and decedent's infant daughter, Natalia Joy Cwik, Plaintiff, Rose Nesgoda, Individually as Surviving Wife and as Trustee of the Estate of her husband, Robert Nesgoda, deceased, and on behalf of her decedent's surviving daughter, Rachel Nesgoda, Plaintiff, Mark Byra, Individually and as administrator of the Estate of his father, Stanislaw Byra, Deceased, and on behalf of his decedent's wife, Maria Byra and decedent's surviving sons, Bogdan Byra and Mark Byra, Plaintiff, v. LOT POLISH AIRLINES, a/k/a Polskie Linie Lotnicze, Defendant.

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

September 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kreindler & Kreindler (Milton G. Sincoff, Lori B. Lasson, of counsel), New York, NY, for plaintiffs.

Speiser, Krause, Madole & Nolan (Frank H. Granito, Jr., David H. Siegel, of counsel), New York, NY, for plaintiffs.

Ressler & Ressler (Bruce Ressler, Richard F. Bernstein, of counsel) New York, NY, for plaintiffs.

Condon & Forsyth (John F. Schutty, of counsel), New York, NY, for defendant LOT Polish Airlines.

NICKERSON, District Judge:

Plaintiffs in these two actions are personal representatives of the estates of passengers killed in the May 9, 1987 crash of a LOT Polish Airlines (LOT) aircraft shortly after takeoff from Warsaw, Poland. All cases relating to the crash have been consolidated as multidistrict litigation before this court.

This case has a long history, and familiarity with the court's previous opinions is assumed. Plaintiffs Isaac Kirsch and Elizabeth...

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