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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER AT SIOUX CITY, IOWA

No. MDL-817, Nos. 90 C 4973, 90 C 4986 and 91 C 1219.

781 F.Supp. 1307 (1991)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER AT SIOUX CITY, IOWA, ON JULY 19, 1989.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

December 26, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip H. Corboy, Francis Patrick Murphy, Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., Chicago, Ill., David E. Rapoport, Becker, Baizer & Rapoport, Highland Park, Ill., Arthur Alan Wolk, Wolk, Genter & Harrington, Philadelphia, Pa., Kevin M. Forde, Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John W. Adler, Fred C. Begy III, Richard A. Walker, Adler, Kaplan & Begy, Chicago, Ill., for defendant United Airlines.

Steven L. Hogan, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, Los Angeles, Cal., Norman J. Barry, Daniel Cummings, Alan S. Madans, Rothschild, Barry & Myers, Chicago, Ill., for defendant McDonnell Douglas.

Charles W. Douglas, Sara J. Gourley, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant General Elec.

Michael J. Merlo, Craig A. Chapello, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chicago, Ill., for Titanium Metals.

Michael H. West, Pope, Ballard, Shepard & Fowle, Chicago, Ill., for ALCOA.

John Hoff, Lapin, Hoff, Slaw & Laffey, Chicago, Ill., for Reactive Metals.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CONLON, District Judge.

In this consolidated multidistrict litigation arising from an air crash at Sioux City, Iowa, plaintiffs Jan Brown, Donna McGrady and Susan White move for partial summary judgment on their strict products liability claims against defendants McDonnell Douglas Corporation and General Electric Company.

BACKGROUND

On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 from Denver to Chicago crashed...

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