PETTITT v. BOEING CO.

No. 09-3204.

606 F.3d 340 (2010)

Jane Wynne PETTITT and Elizabeth Wynne Davies, Co-Executrixes of the Estate of Sarah Wynne Stewart, deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The BOEING CO., a corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orla M. Brady, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York, NY, Todd A. Smith, Power, Rogers & Smith, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

William T. Cahill, Perkins Coie, Craig A. Knot (argued), Sidley Austin, David J. Adams, Hall, Prangle & Schoonveld, Austin W. Bartlett, Adler, Murphy & McQuillen LLP, Linda J. Schneider, Merlo, Kanofsky & Gregg, Ann P. Goodman, Patrick M. Graber, McCullough, Campbell & Lane LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before CUDAHY and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and DARRAH, District Judge.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

The present case arises out of a tragic accident that occurred on May 5, 2007, when in the early morning hours a Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed shortly after take-off in Cameroon. All 114 people on board died. Two years later, six wrongful-death and survival actions were filed in Cook County Circuit Court, but were promptly removed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on June 19, 2009. Removal was effected...

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