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IN RE AIRCRAFT ACC., LIT. ROCK, AR., JUNE 1, 1999

No. 03-1073.

351 F.3d 874 (2003)

In re: AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AT LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS ON JUNE 1, 1999. Steering Committee, Consisting of Nancy Chu, Jimmy Manus and Stephanie Manus (individually and as next friends of Emily Manus and Lauren Manus, minors), Joe Rustenhaven (husband) and Mary Rustenhaven (wife), Appellant, v. American Airlines, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 16, 2003.

Rehearing Denied: February 4, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted G. Boswell, argued, Bryant, AR (Jim Jackson and John Andrew Ellis, on the brief), for appellant.

John H. Martin, argued, Dallas, TX (G. Luke Ashley, Christopher L. Barnes, Michael E. Hale, and D. Keith Fortner, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BEAM, and BYE, Circuit Judges.

The petition for rehearing by the panel filed by the appellant is denied February 4, 2004.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

I.

An American Airlines jet aircraft, being operated as Flight 1420 from Dallas/Fort Worth to Little Rock, crashed into a non-frangible approach light stanchion after touching down, broke apart, and caught fire. Eleven people died and more than eighty were injured as a result of the accident.

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