Quill v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

OPINION

LESLIE, Judge.

Plaintiff Dean Abrahamson brought this action for the emotional distress he allegedly suffered while a passenger on appellant-defendant TWA’s Boeing 727. Trial on the issue of liability for plaintiffs claim and those of other passengers on the jet began on May 10, 1983. A jury found TWA 70% causally negligent and co-defendant The Boeing Company 30% causally negligent.

Plaintiffs claim for damages and those damage claims of three other passengers/plaintiffs were consolidated for trial. Before trial The Boeing Company was dismissed as a defendant when it entered a Pierringer…