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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR BOMBAY, ETC.

MDL No. 359.

531 F.Supp. 1175 (1982)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR BOMBAY, INDIA ON JANUARY 1, 1978.

United States District Court, W. D. Washington.

February 20, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clinton H. Coddington, Coddington & Winters, Menlo Park, Cal., F. Lee Campbell, Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow, Seattle, Wash., for Lear Siegler.

Keith Gerrard, Steven C. Marshall, Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, Seattle, Wash., for Boeing.

Lalita H. Shenoy, Waterman & Shenoy, Santa Rosa, Cal., Lee S. Kreindler, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, Richard E. Crow, Crow, Lytle, Gilwee, Donoghue, Adler & Weninger, Sacramento, Cal., for passenger plaintiffs.

Bruce Walkup, Walkup, Downing, Shelby, Bastian, Melodia, Kelly & O'Reilly, San Francisco, Cal., for cabin crew plaintiffs.

Lembhard G. Howell, Seattle, Wash., for cockpit crew plaintiffs.

Arthur Sherman, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Khan plaintiffs.

Roy J. Moceri, John D. Wilson, Jr., Reed, McClure, Moceri & Thonn, Seattle, Wash., for Rockwell Intern.

OPINION

FITZGERALD, District Judge.

On New Year's Day 1978, an Air India Boeing 747 aircraft crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Santa Cruz Airport, Bombay, India. All persons aboard, nearly all of whom were Indian Nationals, were killed. After claims against Air India had been settled, the personal representatives of the deceased brought their claims to several United States district courts alleging that the accident was caused by a malfunction...

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