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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER, DETROIT METRO. AIRPORT

MDL No. 742. Civ. A. No. 87-CV-73263-DT.

757 F.Supp. 804 (1989)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER AT DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT ON AUGUST 16, 1987. Carlos VALASQUEZ, Plaintiff, v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., a foreign corporation, and McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

October 11, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Schaden, Arnold D. Portner, Gregory W. Stine, Birmingham, Mich., and Gary M. Bloom, Livonia, Mich., for plaintiff.

Carroll E. Dubuc, Washington, D.C. and Leonard E. Nagi, Detroit, Mich., for defendant, Northwest Airlines, Inc.

John J. Hennelly, Los Angeles, Cal., Donald E. Shely, and Kathryn J. Humphrey, Detroit, Mich., for defendant, McDonnell Douglas Corp.

ORDER

JULIAN ABELE COOK, JR., Chief Judge.

On July 17, 1989, the Defendant, McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC), filed a motion for a partial summary judgment which challenges some of the cross-claims that had been raised by the Defendant, Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest), on the basis of an exculpatory clause within the purchase agreement covering the sale of the accident aircraft. In reliance upon this exculpatory clause, MDC requests the Court to...

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