Legal Opinion
In re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Illinois, on May 25, 1979
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 17, 1981No. Nos. 80-1975, 80-1976PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
The questions before us are whether Illinois law allows a court to instruct a jury to award prejudgment interest in an action *635under the Illinois Wrongful Death Act, Ill. Rev.Stat. ch. 70, §§ 1, 2, and whether the award of $27,500 given here, supposedly representing prejudgment interest, can be interpreted as being part of the “fair and just compensation” for plaintiff’s pecuniary injuries.
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This action arises out of the crash of a DC-10 jet manufactured by defendant McDonnell-Douglas Corp. (“MDC”) and operated by defendant American Airlines (“American”). The plane,…
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