IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER AT GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND

MDL No. 683.

660 F.Supp. 1202 (1987)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER AT GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND ON DECEMBER 12, 1985.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, Paducah Division.

April 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, Lee S. Kriendler, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, Paul D. Welker, Clarksville, Tenn., Geneva F. Parris, Futrell, Hopson & Parris, Cadiz, Ky., for plaintiffs.

John J. Martin, Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for defendants.

Edward H. Stopher, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Louisville, Ky., John J. Martin, Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, and Albert R. Vermeire, Monbleau, Vermeire & Turley, P.C., Phoenix, Ariz., for Arrow Air and Batch Air, Inc.

Barry L. Davis, Thornton, David & Murray, P.A., and Harry Weisberg, Miami, Fla., for Arrow Air, Batch Air, Intern. Air Leases and Jane Griffin.

Michael R. Gallagher, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Cleveland, Ohio, for Arrow Air, Intern. Air Leases, Inc. and John Doe No. 1, 2 and 3.

Leonard E. Nagi, Zamplas, Paskin, Nagi, Baster, Johnson & Walker, P.C., Detroit, Mich., Scott W. Pink and Michael R. Marron, Marron, Reid & Sheehy, San Francisco, Cal., for Arrow Air, Batch Air and Intern. Air Leases, Inc.

R.K. Christovich, New Orleans, La., Robert F. Ruckman, H. Dudley Chambers, David T. Moran and Bryan C. Collins, Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, Dallas, Tex., Larry S. Kaplan and James F. Murphy, Conklin & Adler, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., J. Grant McCabe, III, Philadelphia, Pa., Michael Penick, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Paducah, Ky., Robert W. Wilson, Evans & Dixon, Edwardsville, Ill., Samuel H. Franklin and Norman Jetmundsen, Jr., Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, Ala., William A. Pietragallo, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, Pittsburgh, Pa., Richard F. Allen and David T. Hunter, Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller, Seattle, Wash., Russell B. Holloway and A. Scott Johnson, Holloway, Dobson, Hudson & Bachman, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Arrow Air, Inc.

Richard C. Roberts and E.F. Straub, Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Russell, Paducah, Ky., Stephen C. Kenney, Roland R. Stevens and Thomas M. Frieder, Fisher & Hurst, San Francisco, Cal., Fred Meyers and Denny Walters, Karr, Tuttle, Koch, Campbell, Mawer & Morrow, Seattle, Wash., Robert Beshears, O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, Phoenix, Ariz., John R. Muth, Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Tom Frieder, Fisher & Hurst, San Francisco, Cal., for World Airways, Inc.

William T. Warner, Confliff, Sandmann, Gorman & Sullivan, Louisville, Ky., Michael B. McKinnis and Terrence J. O'Toole, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., Steven M. Edwards, Davis, Markel, Dwyer & Edwards, New York City, Norman J. Barry and Daniel Cummings, Rothschild, Barry & Myers, Chicago, Ill., and Robert J. Dwyer, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, New York City, for McDonnell Douglas Corp.

Diego A. Ramos, San Juan, P.R., for Associated Aviation Underwriters.

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, New York City, Edgar A. Zingman and Robert C. Ewald, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, Ky., for Pratt Whitney Group.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHNSTONE, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the court upon Arrow Air Corporation's, Batch Air Corporation's, and World Air Incorporated's Motions to Dismiss for lack of in personam jurisdiction. Plaintiffs claim both diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, and federal question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331.

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