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O'BRIEN v. GRUMMAN CORP.

Nos. 76 Civ. 988 (HFW), 76 Civ. 3575 (HFW), 77 Civ. 1146 (HFW), 75 Civ. 3026 (HFW) and 75 Civ. 3027 (HFW).

475 F.Supp. 284 (1979)

Rosemary B. O'BRIEN, etc., Plaintiff, v. GRUMMAN CORPORATION and Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Defendants. Rosemary B. O'BRIEN, etc., Plaintiff, v. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Defendant. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVIATION CORPORATION, Defendant. Angela W. MURPHY, etc., Plaintiff, v. GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVIATION CORPORATION, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION and Mary Louise Whitman, etc., Third-Party Defendants. Mary Louise WHITMAN, etc., Plaintiff, v. GRUMMAN AMERICAN AVIATION CORPORATION, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION and Angela W. Murphy, etc., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

July 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoghan, Tutrone & Grossman, New York City, for Murphy; Marc E. Grossman, New York City, of counsel.

Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, for Whitman; Milton G. Sincoff, Steven Earl Anderson, New York City, of counsel.

Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Atlanta, Ga., Grossman, Neidoff, Ribando & Weinbaum, Brooklyn, N. Y., for O'Brien; Robert L. Pennington, Steven W. Korn, Atlanta, Ga., Samuel Weinbaum, Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for IBM; John J. Martin, New York City, of counsel.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for Grumman Corp., Grumman Aerospace and Grumman American; Walter E. Rutherford, Robert B. Haserot, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

WERKER, District Judge.

These five actions arising from an airplane crash are presently before the Court on various motions and cross-motions for summary judgment and consolidation.

FACTS

The following facts are not in dispute.

On June 24, 1974, Grumman Gulfstream II aircraft no. N72OQ crashed in the vicinity of Kline, South Carolina. All three persons aboard the aircraft, Thomas...

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