Legal Opinion
In Re UAL Corp.
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 2, 2004No. 19-00972PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
EUGENE R. WEDOFF, Chief Judge.
These jointly administered Chapter 11 cases are before the court on the debtors’ objection to a $6 billion claim asserted by Richard Dorazio, M.D. and Sharon Dorazio against one of the debtors, United Air Lines (“United”). The claim is based on a class action lawsuit filed by the Dorazios seeking damages for personal injuries suffered as a result of “disinsection” of United’s aircraft flying into Australia and New Zealand. 1 The debtors have objected to the claim on several grounds, including that the claim does not arise from an “accident,”…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
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