IN RE AIR CRASH OFF POINT MUGU, CALIFORNIA

No. MDL-00-1343-CAL.

145 F.Supp.2d 1156 (2001)

In re AIR CRASH OFF POINT MUGU, CALIFORNIA, on JANUARY 30, 2000.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

May 1, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Pitre, Cochett, Pitre & Simon, Burlingame, CA, for plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel.

Terry O'Reilly, Michael Danko, O'Reilly, Collins & Danko, San Mateo, CA, for Lawrence Baldridge, Katherine Voronoff.

Paul J. Hedlund, Mary F. Schiavo, J. Clark Aristei, Robert E. Guilford, John A. Greaves, Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Downey, Los Angeles, CA, for Eugene Batdorf, Anita Cuthbertson, Susan Da Silva, Diana Davies, Julie D. Friedman, Mary Hall, Frederick Miller, Velda Pearson, Patricia Sanchez, Earlene Shaw, Pamela Sparks, Richard Thorgrimson.

Jamie R. Lebovitz, Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, Jeffrey P. Holl, Gordon-Creed, Kelley, Holl & Sugerman, San Francisco, CA, for Julio Bermudez.

Jamie R. Lebovitz, Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, Richard Atherton, Redmond, WA, for Paul Bernard.

Phillip Paul Weidner, Phillip Paul Weidner & Associates, Anchorage, AK, David George, Juneau, AK, for Malcolm Branson.

Jamie R. Lebovitz, Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, Carl Wolf, Callaway & Wolf, San Francisco, CA, for Elizabeth Bryant, Jovanna Lugue.

Jamie R. Lebovitz, Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, John Grey, Grey and Nevin, San Rafael, CA, for Bonnie Davis.

Marcus Topel, William M. Goodman, Topel & Goodman, P.C., San Francisco, CA, Robert A. Clifford, Kevin P. Durkin, Clifford Law Offices, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Deo, Prasad, Binod Prasad, Vinall Stooke, Susan Wilkie.

Brian J. Panish, Greene, Broillet, Taylor, Wheeler & Panish, LLP, Santa Monica, CA, Paula A. Wyatt, James S. Rogers, Christopher A. Bandas, Wyatt, Wyatt & Cowley, Corpus Christi, TX, Brian Stuart Koukoutchos, Mandeville, LA, for Canderlario Estrada-Pena.

Michel F. Baumeister, Baumeister & Samuels, New York, NY, for Russell-Figliomeni.

Jamie R. Lebovitz, Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, for Janis Ost Ford.

Robert A. Clifford, Kevin P. Durkin, Clifford Law Offices, P.C., Chicago, IL, Antonio M. Romanucci, Scott E. Encher, Romanucci & Blandin, Chicago, IL, for Julie D. Friedmann.

James S. Bostwick, Erik L. Peterson, Bostwick & Associates, San Francisco, CA, for Irma Noemi Clemetson, Galindo, for Sheila Lopez, Morales de Marques, Lillian Carolina Salazar de Bermudez.

Richard H. Schoenberger, Ronald H. Wecht, Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Echeverria, San Francisco, CA, for Thomas Gandesbery.

Richard A. Ergo, Bradley R. Bowles, Walnut Creek, CA, for Jon Goslee.

Albert R. Abramson, Abramson & Smith, San Francisco, CA, Francis G. Fleming, Milton G. Sincoff, Of Counsel, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York, NY, for Sharon Oti Hardy.

Jamie R. Lebovitz, Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, Gerald Clausen, Wolff, Ellis & Clausen, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Barbara Hatleberg, Jeff Hatleberg, Estate of Glenn Hatleberg.

Richard H. Schoenberger, Ronald H. Wecht, Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Echeverria, San Francisco, CA, for Robert Hovey, Gilbert Manning.

Lionel T. Aiken, Douglas A. Marshall, Kay & Merkle, San Francisco, CA, for Ing.

Jamie R. Lebovitz, Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, Spencer T. Malysiak, Gold River, CA, for Caryn Jones.

Niall P. McCarthy, Cotchett, Pitre & Simon, Burlingame, CA, for Cory Karlsson.

Thomas J. Brandi, Law Offices of Thomas J. Brandi, San Francisco, CA, for Estate of Carol Karlsson.

John M. Poswall, Aram Kouyoumdjian, Poswall & White, Sacramento, CA, for Betty H. Knudson.

Jeoffrey L. Robinson, Robinson Calcagnie & Robinson, Newport Beach, CA, Brian J. Panish, Greene, Broillet, Taylor, Wheeler & Panish, LLP, Santa Monica, CA, for Raymond Laigo.

Jamie R. Lebovitz, Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, John M. Elliott, Elliott Law Offices, Hillsboro, OR, for James Long.

Lawrence S. Viola, Knapp and Viola, San Mateo, CA, for Maria Quintero Luna.

Garrett Moore, Stephen Jacques, Moore, O'Brien, Jacques & Yelenak, Cheshire, CT, for William Margiotta.

Juanita M. Madole, John J. Veth, Speiser Krause, Irvine, CA, for Reina Isabel Marquez Morales.

Marcus Topel, William M. Goodman, Topel & Goodman, P.C., San Francisco, CA, Robert A. Clifford, Kevin P. Durkin, Brian T. Nash, Clifford Law Offices, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Lawrence C. Nelson.

Alan S. Yee, Hunter Pyle, Siegel & Yee, Oakland, CA, for Frances Han Nivolo.

Michael N. White, Richard H. Friedman, Friedman, Rubin & White, Tacoma, WA, for Vera Plumb.

Marcus Topel, William M. Goodman, Topel & Goodman, P.C., San Francisco, CA, for Gabriel Poll.

M. Jean Johnston, San Francisco, CA, John P. Coale, David K. Leitz, Julia W. McInery, Deborah L. St. Jean, Coale Cooley Lietz McInerny, Washington, DC, for Dale Rettinger.

John M. Poswall, Aram Kouyoumdjian, Poswall & White, Sacramento, CA, for Lois D. Roesle.

Robert F. Hedrick, Hedrick Law Firm, Seattle, WA, Frank Smith, Osborn Smith, PLLC, Seattle, WA, James P. Pokorny, Law Offices of James P. Pokorny & Associates, San Diego, CA, for Ryan.

Albert R. Abramson, Abramson & Smith, San Francisco, CA, James P. Kreindler, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York, NY, for Philip Salyer.

Joseph W. Carcione, Jr., Stephen J. Purtill, Gary W. Dolinski, Law Offices of Joseph W. Carcione, Jr., Redwood City, CA, for Jesse Smith.

Susan Injijian, Gerald C. Sterns, Eric M. Steinle, Sterns & Walker, Oakland, CA, Norman La Force, Howie, Long, LaForce & Smith, El Cerrito, CA, David L. Crowe, Law Office of Robert R. Poindexter, San Francisco, CA, for Bonnie Tansky, Marilyn Thompson.

Richard H. Schoenberger, Ronald H. Wecht, Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Echeverria, San Francisco, CA, for William Wilkie.

Jamie R. Lebovitz, Nurenberg, Plevin, Heller & McCarthy Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, Bruce Buskirk, Buskirk Law Offices, Inc. P.S., Silverdale, WA, for Gregory Williams.

Mark A. Dombroff, Dane B. Jaques, Michael W. Kerns, Dombroff & Gilmore, P.C., Washington, DC, Arthur I. Willner, Berger, Kahn, Shafton, Moss, Figler, Simon & Gladstone, Marina Del Rey, CA, for Alaska Airlines.

Ronald A. McIntire, Charles S. Kim, Perkins Coie LLP, Santa Monica, CA, Keith Gerrard, Bruce D. Campbell, Mack H. Shultz, Jr., Theresa E. Pruett, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, for Boeing and McDonnell Douglas.

Fred J. Meier, Winstead Sechrest & Minick, Dallas, TX, Counsel for Defendant Peacock Engineering, Nortek, and MPDC.

Martin E. Rose, Kristina Kennedy, Michael Richardson, Jeffrey W. Hightower, Rose & Walker, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Counsel for Derlan Industries, Ltd. and Derlan Industries, Inc.

Martin E. Rose, Kristina Kennedy, Michael Richardson, Jeffrey W. Hightower, Rose & Walker, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Allan M. Bower, Jonathan S. Morse, Carolyn J. Shields, The Bailey Law Firm, Santa Monica, CA, for Trig Aerospace.

James W. Hunt, Shalem A. Massey, Mendes & Mount, Los Angeles, CA, John D. Wilson, Shilpa Bhatia, Wilson Smith Cochran Dickerson, Seattle, WA, for Defendant Equilon Enterprises, LLC.

Gregory C. Read, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, Counsel for Shell Oil Company.


ORDER ON MOTIONS

LEGGE, District Judge.

Defendants have made motions for judgment on the pleadings and for partial summary judgment. Plaintiffs oppose the motions, and have also requested additional discovery under Rule 56(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The motions have been briefed, argued and submitted for decision. The court has reviewed the moving and opposing papers, the record of ...

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