TUNA v. AIRBUS, S.A.S.

No. 1-15-3645.

81 N.E.3d 546 (2017)

2017 IL App (1st) 153645

Fuzzy TUNA and Jenaya McKay, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AIRBUS, S.A.S., a Corporation, and Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, THIRD DIVISION.

June 21, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd A. Wisner and Alexandra M. Wisner , of Wisner Law Firm, P.C., of Geneva, for appellants.

Stanley V. Boychuck and Catherine Basque Weiler , of Swanson Martin & Bell, LLP, of Chicago, Thad T. Dameris (pro hac vice) and Christopher M. Odell (pro hac vice), of Arnold & Porter, LLP, of Houston, Texas, and David J. Weiner (pro hac vice), of Arnold & Porter, LLP, of Washington, D.C., for appellee Airbus, S.A.S.

Michael J. Merlo , Linda J. Schneider , and Donald G. Machalinski , of Merlo, Kanofsky Gregg & Machalinski, Ltd., of Chicago, for other appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 This matter arises from injuries sustained by plaintiffs Fuzzy Tuna and Jenaya McKay when an aircraft designed by defendant Airbus, S.A.S., and operated by Qantas Airways, experienced two sudden pitch-down movements on October 7, 2008. Defendant Northrop...

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