RELIANCE NAT. INS. v. GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD.

No. 97-3289.

12 F.Supp.2d 854 (1998)

RELIANCE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Plaintiff, v. GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD., d/b/a United Express, a Corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

July 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Strueber, Lord Bissell & Brook, Atlanta, GA, C. Kevin McCabe, Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Reliance National Insurance Company.

Peter V. Bustamante, Michael G. McQuillen, Adler Murphy & McQuillen, Chicago, IL, for Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., Air Wisconsin Inc., United Airlines Inc., Jeff Gathje, Sandra McCombs.

Richard E. Boyle, Gundlach Lee Eggmann Boyle & Roessler, Belleville, IL, for Raytheon Aircraft Co.

John Scott Hoff, Brandt R. Madsen, Law Offices of John Scott Hoff, Chicago, IL, for Quincy, City of.

James G. Goggin, Verrill & Dana, Portland, ME, for Arny Berger, Patricia A. Beville, Ketura Brueck, Vicki L. Carlson, Deborah A. DeSalle, Patricia Downing, Darl Heffelbower, Kathleen Reed, Kristen M. Fries, Luann Johnson.

Frederick P. Velde, Heyl Royster Voelker & Allen, Springfield, IL, Robert W. Schmieder, II, Gallop Johnson & Neuman, St. Louis, MO, William D. Shultz, Jr., Harold G. Belsheim, Thomas P. Hohenstein, Gallop Johnson & Neuman, Belleville, IL, for Robert A. Clarkson, Harvey L. Imber.

Edward J. Cunningham, Brown Hay & Stephens, Springfield, IL, Roger C. Bolin, Boyle Goldsmith & Bolin, Hennepin, IL, David E. Rapoport, David J. Kupets, Matthew L. Willens, Paul D. Richter, Rapoport & Kupets Law Offices, Rosemont, IL, Erick John Bolinder, Larry E. Hepler, Burroughs Helper Broom MacDonald & Hebrank, Edwardsville, IL, for Rita Winkelmann.

Edward J. Cunningham, Brown Hay & Stephens, Springfield, IL, D. Keith Henson, Paule Camazine & Blumenthal, St. Louis, MO, David H. Harris, Al Salvi & Associates, Waukegan, IL, Daniel J. Sugrue, Albert J. Salvi, Al Salvi & Associates, Waukegan, IL, for Joan M. Reinwald.


OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.

An airplane collision.

Fourteen people died in the tragedy.

I. BACKGROUND

On November 19, 1996, a Beech King Air aircraft (King aircraft) and a Beech 1900C aircraft (1900C aircraft) operating as United Express Flight 5925/5926 collided on the runway at Quincy-Baldwin Field, an airport in Quincy, Illinois. The collision resulted in the deaths of both individuals on the King aircraft and...

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