IN RE AIR CRASH AT LITTLE ROCK, ARK., ON JUNE 1, 1999

MDL No. 1308.

109 F.Supp.2d 1022 (2000)

In re AIR CRASH AT LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, ON JUNE 1, 1999.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, Western Division.

August 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Hale, D. Keith Fortner, Barber, McCaskill, Jones & Hale, P.A., Little Rock, AR, Philip E. Kaplan, Regina Haralson, Kaplan, Brewer & Maxey, P.A., Little Rock, AR, Michael G. Smith, Michael Norris Shannon, Rose Law Firm, Little Rock, AR, Scott J. Lancaster, J. Phillip Malcom, William H. Sutton, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, AR, Byron L. Freeland, Marshall S. Ney, Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C., Little Rock, AR, Ted Boswell, James Ralph Jackson, Boswell, Tucker & Brewster, Bryant, AR, Sam Hilburn, Hilburn, Calhoon, Harper, Pruniski & Calhoun, Ltd., North Little Rock, AR, Debbie Dudley Branson, Frank L. Branson, George Quesada, Frank L. Branson, P.C., Dallas, TX, Peter A. Miller, Law Offices of Peter Miller, Little Rock, AR, Kathlynn G. Fadely, Barry F. Benson, Gary W. Allen, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Mark B. Baylen, Federal Aviation Admin., Litigation Div., Washington, DC, John R. Howie, Ladd Sanger, Howie & Sweeney, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, John H. Martin, Thompson & Knight, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, R. Bryant Marshall, Marshall & Owens, P.A., Jonesboro, AR, Norman R. Gordon, Norman R. Gordon & Associates, Shreveport, LA, C. Burt Newell, Bachelor, Newell & Oliver, Hot Springs, AR, David H. Williams, Little Rock, AR, Scott C. Trotter, G. Alan Perkins, Matthew H.P. Warner, Hill Gilstrap Perkins Trotter & Warner, P.A., Little Rock, AR, Robert R. Bodoin, Jimmy W. Evans, Andrew Piel, Hill Gilstrap, Arlington, TX, Robert A. Clifford, Kevin P. Durkin, Clifford Law Offices, P.C., Chicago, IL, Randal R. Craft, Jr., William C. Brown, III, Camille Nicodemus, Louise B. Cobbs, Haight Gardner Holland & Knight, New York City, James W. Orr, Bowers Orr & Dougall, L.L.P., Columbia, SC, David E. Rapoport, Paul D. Richter, Rapoport Law Offices, P.C., Rosemont, IL, Gene A. Ludwig, Ludwig Law Firm, PLC, Little Rock, AR, Michael G. McQuillen, James F. Murphy, Peter V. Bustamante, Adler, Murphy & McQuillen, Chicago, IL, Robert Stockton, Carr & Carr, Tulsa, OK, Nelson P. Miller, Fajen & Miller, P.L.L.C., Grand Haven, MI, Gerald Sterns, Elizabeth Walker, Sterns & Walker, Oakland, CA, Michael L. Slack, John C. Allman, Slack & Davis, L.L.P., Austin, TX, David Cook, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, Kent Krause, Speiser, Krause, Dallas, TX, R. Brent Cooper, Cooper & Scully, Dallas, TX, Charles L. Coleman, III, Mark L. Venardi, Holland & Knight LLP, San Francisco, CA, William M. Bache, Monroe & Associates, Tucson, AZ, John A. Greaves, Baum Hedlund Aristei Guilford & Downey, Los Angeles, CA, Collin M. (Marty) Fritz, Trecker & Fritz, Honolulu, HI, D. Douglas Cotton, Fort Worth, TX, Thomas J. Morris, III, Morris & Powell, Ponca City, OK, for Air Crash at Little Rock, AR.

Eric Steinle, Felicia C. Curran, Brenda, D. Posada, Sterns & Walker, Oakland, CA, for American Airlines, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

HENRY WOODS, District Judge.

On June 1, 1999, American Airlines Flight 1420 crashed upon landing at the Little Rock Airport. There were 132 passengers on board the MD-82 jet aircraft. The pilot and ten passengers sustained fatal injuries, and most other passengers sustained some injuries, varying from minor to severe. Approximately one-third of the passengers were international...

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