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IN RE AIR CRASH AT DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT

MDL No. 742, Nos. 88-2347, 89-3699 and 87-3263.

776 F.Supp. 316 (1991)

In re AIR CRASH AT DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, DETROIT, MICHIGAN ON AUGUST 16, 1987. Mary Ann RATLIFF, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., et al., Defendants. Richard F. CORONA, Jr., Personal Representative of the Estate of Jean C. Corona, deceased, Plaintiff, v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., et al., Defendants. Carlos VALASQUEZ, Plaintiff, v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., et al., Defendants.

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

October 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Skinner, Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiffs in No. 88-2347.

Robert Parks, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff in No. 89-3699.

Richard F. Schaden, Bruce Wilson, David Katzman, Birmingham, Mich., for plaintiff in No. 89-3263.

Carroll E. Dubuc, Michael Selter, Washington, D.C., for defendants.

ORDER

JULIAN ABELE COOK, Jr., Chief Judge.

The Plaintiffs in these cases have filed similar motions for partial summary judgment, Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c), against the Defendant, Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest) (filed on 6/26/91 (Ratliff); 6/27/91 (Corona); and 7/2/91 (Bystander Plaintiffs)).2 The issue is whether these Plaintiffs, who were not parties to the underlying joint liability trial in which Northwest was found liable...

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