Legal Opinion
In Re Korean Air Lines Disaster of September 1, 1983
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided November 16, 1983No. 565PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TRANSFER ORDER
2Per curiam
This litigation consists of 42 actions pending in eight districts as follows:
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Presently before the Panel are one motion and two cross-motions, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, to centralize actions in this litigation in a single district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. Defendant Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (KAL) has moved to centralize actions in the District of the District of Columbia. Defendant The Boeing Company (Boeing) has submitted a cross-motion seeking to centralize actions in the Western District of Washington. Plaintiffs in eleven…
3Cases cited1 opinion
- In re Air Crash DisasterUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975
4Cited by12 opinions
- In re Korean Air Lines Disaster of September 1, 1983District Court, District of Columbia · 1994
- Bickel v. Korean Air Lines Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Zicherman v. Korean Air Lines Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Kimberly S. Saavedra the Estate of Masakazu Yamaguchi Makiko Yamaguchi Chisato Yamaguchi, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. Korean Air Lines Company, Ltd. Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Kimberly S. Saavedra, as Special Administratrix of the Estate of Makoto Okai, Deceased, and as Personal Representative of Toru Okai and Hitoko Okai, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Korean Air Lines Company, Ltd., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- In Re Korean Air Lines Disaster of September 1, 1983District Court, District of Columbia · 1984
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