IN RE PARIS AIR CRASH OF MARCH 3, 1974

No. MDL 172.

427 F.Supp. 701 (1977)

In re PARIS AIR CRASH OF MARCH 3, 1974.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

February 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Lee Bailey, Aaron J. Broder, by Seymour Madow, New York City, Butler, Jefferson, Fry & Dan, by James G. Butler, James M. Jefferson, Jr., Robert P. Fry, Michael A. K. Dan, Moses A. Lebovits, Los Angeles Cal., 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 & McCarthy by Daniel C. Cathcart, James J. McCarthy, Los Angeles, Cal., Morgan, Wenzel & McNicholas by Wm. Marshall Morgan, 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, David H. 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.

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

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.

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

William D. Keller, U.S. Atty., by James R. Dooley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., George E. Farrell, John G. Laughlin, Special Atty., Herbert L. Lyons, Special 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.

Before HALL and REAL, District Judges.


Defendants have renewed their motion to dismiss the claims of plaintiffs for punitive damages for the alleged wrongful death of relatives arising out of the Paris Air Crash of March 3, 1974. Defendants have also renewed their motion for summary judgment on the same issue.1

The Court by the Honorable Peirson M. Hall has previously decided that California law shall control the processing and...

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