RUSTENHAVEN v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 01-2861.

320 F.3d 802 (2003)

Joe RUSTENHAVEN, husband; Mary Rustenhaven, wife, Appellees, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Appellant,

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Reitzfeld, argued, New York, NY (Randal R. Craft, Jr., Michael E. Hale and D. Keith Fortner, on the brief), for appellant.

Robert R. Bodoin, argued, Fort Worth, TX (Mark Edwin Burge and John C. Burnside, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant American Airlines (American) appeals from the judgment entered on verdicts for appellees Joe and Mary Rustenhaven (Mr. and Mrs. Rustenhaven). We affirm, conditioned on the acceptance by the Rustenhavens of the remittiturs ordered on their respective verdicts.

The Rustenhavens brought suit for damages resulting from the crash of American's Flight 1420 in Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 1, 1999, for which American admitted liability...

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