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IN RE HIJACKING OF PAN AM WORLD AIRWAYS, INC.

No. MDL 724 (JES).

713 F.Supp. 1483 (1989)

In re HIJACKING OF PAN AM WORLD AIRWAYS, INC. AIRCRAFT AT KARACHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PAKISTAN ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1986.

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

June 5, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kreindler & Kreindler (Marc S. Moller, of counsel), New York City, Magna, Cathcart, McCarthy & Pierry (Daniel Cathcart, of counsel), and Morgan, Wenzel & McNicholas (William Marshall Morgan, of counsel), Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs' Steering Committee.

Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives (James M. Shaughnessy, of counsel), New York City, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SPRIZZO, District Judge.

This multi-district litigation arises out of the events surrounding the hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi, Pakistan on September 5, 1986. Plaintiffs have alleged, inter alia, that defendant Pan Am World Airways engaged in wilful misconduct connected to the hijacking by fraudulently inducing plaintiffs to fly on Pan Am with promises of heightened security, and by wilfully failing to provide...

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