THOMPSON v. FARE

Nos. CIV.A. 01-223, CIV.A. 01-224.

173 F.Supp.2d 368 (2001)

Lee Anne THOMPSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John FARE, Jr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathleen M. Devlin, Saul, Ewing, Remick and Saul, Philadelphia, PA, Daniel S. Weinstock, Shrager, Spivey, Sachs & Weinstock, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas William Malone, Office of Thomas William Malone, Atlanta, GA, Mark L. Stuckey, Law Offices of Charles L. Ruffin, Macon, GA, Stanley H. Friedman, Friedman & Martin, Savannah, GA, H. Andrew Owen, Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Lee Anne Thompson.

Cathleen M. Devlin, Saul, Ewing, Remick and Saul, Philadelphia, PA, Daniel S. Weinstock, Shrager, Spivey, Sachs & Weinstock, Philadelphia, PA, Harry A. Wilson, Jr., D. Bruce Kehoe, Wilson Kehoe & Winingham, Indianapolis, IN, H. Andrew Owen, Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Mary Schalliol.

Kevin J. Ruane, Francis R. Gartner & Associates, Blue Bell, PA, David N. Zeehandelaar, Blank Rome Comisky & McCauley, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph Michael Lamonaca, Chadds Ford, PA, J. Arthur Mozley, Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP, Atlanta, GA, for John Fare, Jr., Hart Corp./Delware Div.

Scott A. Coffina, Assist. U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, PA, Terence M. Healy, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Rodney Patton, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Washington, DC, for U.S.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KATZ, Senior District Judge.

This case involves claims of negligence arising out of a fatal airplane crash. Now before the court is a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the claims against the pilot and a corporation are barred by the exclusive remedy provisions of the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act (WCA), 77 PA.CONS.STAT. §§ 1 et seq. (2001), because the pilot and the plaintiff passengers were employed...

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