IN RE PARIS AIR CRASH OF MARCH 3, 1974

M.D.L. No. 172; Civ. No. 75-667-PH.

420 F.Supp. 880 (1976)

In re PARIS AIR CRASH OF MARCH 3, 1974. Elizabeth Diana Lloyd RANKIN, Individually and as guardian ad litem of Zoe Francesca James Williams, a minor, et al., Plaintiffs, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

October 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Norris, Joseph R. Austin, Charles Rosenberg, Ronald C. Peterson, Tuttle & Taylor Inc., Robert C. Packard, Jaques Soiret, Kirtland & Packard, Los Angeles, Cal., James M. Fitzsimons, Joseph Asselta, Mendes & Mount, New York City, Leo J. Biegenzahn, Belcher, Henzie & Biegenzahn, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant McDonnell Douglas Corp.

F. Lee Bailey and Aaron J. Broder by Seymour Madow, New York City; Butler, Jefferson & Fry by James G. Butler, James M. Jefferson, Robert P. Fry, Michael A. K. Dan, Moses Lebowitz, Los Angeles, Cal.; Chase, Rotchford, Drukker & Bogust by Henry J. Bogust, Los Angeles, Cal.; Goldfarb & Singer, Washington, D.C.; Green, Royce & Seaman by Irving H. Green, Beverly Hills, Cal.; Hodge & Hodges by John R. Skoog, Los Angeles, Cal.; Horgan & Robinson by Mark P. Robinson, Los Angeles, Cal.; Kreindler & Kreindler by Lee S. Kreindler, Marc S. Moller, Melvin I. Friedman, New York City; Krutch, Lindell, Donnelly, Dempcy, Lageschulte & Judkins, P.S. by Richard F. Krutch, Vernon T. Judkins, Seattle, Wash.; Lewis, Wilson, Cowles, Lewis & Jones, Ltd. by Richard H. Jones, Arlington, Va.; McGrail & Nordlund by Joseph V. McGrail, Alexandria, Va.; Magana & Cathcart by Daniel C. Cathcart, James J. McCarthy, Los Angeles, Cal.; Morgan, Wenzel & McNicholas by Wm. Marshall Morgan, Los Angeles, Cal.; David Noble, Los Angeles, Cal.; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison by Joseph S. Iseman, John J. O'Neil, New York City; Shahin & Wawro by James Wawro, Los Angeles, Cal.; Sherman & Schwartz by Arthur Sherman, Beverly Hills, Cal.; Speiser & Krause by Stuart M. Speiser, Charles F. Krause, New York City; Speiser, Krause & Madole by Donald W. Madole, A. George Glasco, Juanita M. Madole, Washington, D.C.; Walkup, Downing & Sterns by Gerald C. Sterns, Thomas G. Smith, San Francisco, Cal.; Walsh & Levine by Laurence W. Levine, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Overton, Lyman & Prince by Fred S. Lack, Brenton F. Goodrich, Gregory A. Long, Ernest E. Johnson, Los Angeles, Cal., for General Dynamics.

Adams, Duque & Hazeltine by Thomas F. Call, Los Angeles, Cal.; Condon & Forsyth by George N. Tompkins, Jr., Desmond T. Barry, Jr., Frank A. Silane, New York City; Latham & Watkins by Philip F. Belleville, A. Victor Antola, Thomas L. Harnsberger, Los Angeles, Cal.; Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge by Phillip D. Bostwick, Jay H. Bernstein, Washington, D.C., for Turkish Airlines, Inc.

William D. Keller, U. S. Atty. by James R. Dooley, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal.; George E. Farrell, Jr., John G. Laughlin, Sp. Atty., Herbert L. Lyons, Sp. Atty., Tort Claims Section, Aviation Unit, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Neil R. Eisner, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C., for the United States.


ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR AN ORDER DECREEING THE RIGHT OF COMMON-LAW WIVES TO RECOVER WRONGFUL-DEATH DAMAGES AND ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR WHICH RELIEF CAN BE GRANTED

PEIRSON M. HALL, Senior District Judge.

This matter having come on regularly before the Court; and

Memoranda of points and authorities having been filed by plaintiffs and by defendant McDonnell Douglas Corporation; and

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