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IN RE AIR CRASH AT CHARLOTTE, N.C. ON JULY 2, 1994

MDL No. 1041.

982 F.Supp. 1056 (1996)

In re AIR CRASH AT CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA ON JULY 2, 1994.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

September 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Wilton Orr, Bowers, Orr & Dougall, Columbia, SC, Lawrence Edward Richter, Jr., The Richter Firm, P.A., Mt. Pleasant, SC, William Parham Simpson, Haynesworth, Marion, McKay & Gureard, Columbia, SC, Michael L. Baum, Kannanack, Murgatroyd, Baum & Hedlund, Los Angeles, CA, Frank H. Granito, Speiser, Krause, Madole & Nolan, New York City, Marc Moller, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, David E. Rapoport, Rapoport & Kupets Law Offices, Rosemont, IL, for Plaintiff(Plaintiff's Steering Committee).

Mark A. Dombroff, Tom Almy, Dornbroff and Gilmore, Washington, DC, Edward Wade Mullins, Jr., Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Charleston, SC, for Defendant USAir.

Patrick E. Bradley, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Div., Washington, DC, for Defendant U.S.

Marc Moller, Lori B. Lasson, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, for Plaintiff's Counsel.

ORDER DENYING USAIR'S MOTION TO DISMISS PUNITIVE DAMAGES BASED UPON PREEMPTION

JOSEPH F. ANDERSON, Jr., District Judge.

On July 2, 1994, USAir Flight 1016 departed from Columbia, South Carolina for Charlotte, North Carolina, on a regularly scheduled passenger flight. Shortly after the flight crew executed a missed approach procedure at the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, the aircraft collided with trees and a private residence. The aircraft, a Douglas...

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