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IN RE AIR CRASH AT LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS

No. 01-1047.

291 F.3d 503 (2002)

In re AIR CRASH AT LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS, ON JUNE 1, 1999. Anna Lloyd, Appellee, v. American Airlines, Inc. Appellant. United States; Air Transport Association of America, Inc., Amici on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sutton, J. Phillip Malcolm, Robert S. Shafer and Clifford W. Pluckett, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, Little Rock, AR, for appellee.

G. Luke Ashley, Thompson & Knight LLP, Dallas, TX; Randal Robert Craft, Jr., Alan D. Reitzfeld, and Joanna L. Geraghty, Holland & Knight LLP, New York, NY; and Michael E. Hale and D. Keith Fortner, Barber, McCaskill, Jones & Hale, P.A., Little Rock, AR, for American Airlines.

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Stuart E. Schiffer, Michael D. Johnson, Robert S. Greenspan and Richard A. Olderman, Department of Justice, Washington, DC and Rosalind A. Knapp, Paul M. Grier, and Dale C. Andrews, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC, for amicus United States of America.

Warren L. Dean, Jr. and Patricia N. Snyder, Thompson Coburn LLP, Washington, DC and Jordan B. Cherrick, St. Louis, MO, and Robert R. Warren, James L. Casey, and David A. Berg, Air Transport Association of America, Inc., Washington, DC, for amicus Air Transport Assn. of America, Inc.

Before HANSEN, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges.

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

American Airlines appeals the judgment and verdict in favor of Anna Lloyd in this multi-district litigation case. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand for further proceedings.

I. BACKGROUND

On June 1, 1999, American Airlines flight 1420 crashed on the runway at Little Rock Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas. The pilot and ten passengers died as a result of the accident. Anna Lloyd was a passenger on this flight, returning...

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