THORNTON v. M7 AEROSPACE LP

Nos. 14-1707, 14-2481.

796 F.3d 757 (2015)

Trad THORNTON, administrator of the Estate of Sally Urquhart, deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. M7 AEROSPACE LP, Defendant-Appellee. Trad Thornton, administrator of the Estate of Sally Urquhart, deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jeppesen Sanderson Inc. and Honeywell International Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Argued May 26, 2015.

Decided August 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd Allen Wisner , Attorney, Wisner Law Firm, PC, Geneva, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael A. Pope , Attorney, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


These appeals arise out of a commuter airplane crash in May 2005 near Queensland, Australia. One of the worst aviation accidents in Australian history, all fifteen people on board died when the descending plane crashed into terrain. The administrators of the estates of the deceased sued several companies and one individual...

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