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SHU-TAO LIN v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP.

No. 79 Civ. 3195 (RWS).

574 F.Supp. 1407 (1983)

SHU-TAO LIN, as Administrator of the Goods, Chattels and Credits which were of Shu-Ren Lin, M.D., Deceased, Plaintiff, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION and American Airlines, Inc., Defendants.

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

September 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Lee Bailey and Aaron J. Broder, New York City, for plaintiff; Aaron J. Broder, Howard Fifer, New York City, of counsel.

Mendes & Mount, New York City, for defendant McDonnell Douglas Corp.; Kevin F. Cook, New York City, of counsel.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for defendant American Airlines, Inc.; Randal R. Craft, Jr., Peter Hoenig, Lawrence M. Harnett, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

SWEET, District Judge.

Defendants McDonnell Douglas Corporation ("McDonnell") and American Airlines, Inc. ("American") have moved pursuant to Rule 59 Fed.R.Civ.P. to set aside the jury verdict awarding damages of $7,000,000 for pecuniary loss and $10,000 for pain and suffering arising out of the wrongful death of Shu-Ren Lin, M.D. ("Dr. Lin"), in the Chicago crash of an American McDonnell DC-10 on May 25, 1979. The action was brought by Shu-Tao H...

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