In re Air Crash Disaster at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on August 16, 1987

ORDER

JULIAN ABELE COOK, Jr., Chief Judge.

On August 22,1989, the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) moved to compel the attendance of agents and employees of the Defendants, Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest) and McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC) during the liability trial in this cause.1

For the following reasons, this Court denies the PSC’s request to compel the attendance of Northwest and MDC employees during the presentation of the Plaintiffs’ case in chief during the liability trial.

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(e)(1), which relates to subpoenas for attendance at at hearing or…