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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER AT STAPLETON INTERN.

MDL No. 751, Nos. 87-F-1922, 88-F-346, 88-F-348, 88-F-661, 88-F-663 to 88-F-665, 88-F-667, 88-F-668, 88-F-670, 88-F-671, 88-F-787, 88-F-830 to 88-F-832, 88-F-898, 88-F-990, 88-F-991 and 88-F-1358.

720 F.Supp. 1445 (1988)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER AT STAPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DENVER, COLORADO, ON NOVEMBER 15, 1987. Hugh FORD and Julia Ford v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Brenda A. SELLEH and J. Mark Selleh v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Diane Mae McELHENEY and Gary McElheney v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Libby SMOOT v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. Kathleen A. COOPER and Dale Cooper, husband and wife v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Karen Svea JOHNSON and Robert Cooke, Jr., wife and husband v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Shirley Jean WELTZ and Marvin Richard Weltz, wife and husband v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Christopher DAVIS, a minor, by Jerry DAVIS and Linda Davis, and Jerry Davis, individually v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Angela TLUCEK, a minor, by Jerry TLUCEK and Mary Lou Tlucek, and Jerry Tlucek and Mary Lou Tlucek, individually v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Wayne DAVIS v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. David DANIEL v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Robert O. LINCK and Joanne Linck, his wife v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Deborah PASCHKOV, for herself, and as guardian ad litem for Melissa Richard v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Patti L. HALFORD and Donald M. Halford v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Jeffrey HOAGLAND, a minor, by Mark W. HOAGLAND and Marie Hoagland v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. Ann C. STEWART, for John McCabe STEWART, a minor, Donald Douglas Stewart, Lueann Stewart, and Linda Butterfield, widow v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP., Texas Air Corp. Keith SMITH and Loretta Smith v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp. v. Byron OWENS (subject to realignment). Micheal SPICER v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. Douglas SELF and Debbie Self v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES CORP. and Texas Air Corp., jointly and severally.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

November 15, 1988.

ORDER MDL 751-16

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON STATE LAW CONTROLLING ISSUES OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES

SHERMAN G. FINESILVER, Chief Judge.

This multidistrict action deals with damages claimed as a result of injuries and fatalities incurred in an airplane crash on November 15, 1987 in Denver, Colorado. The instant matter involves motions pre-trial determination of the law controlling issues of punitive damages...

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