Legal Opinion
In Re Korean Air Lines Disaster of September 1, 1983
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 20, 1992No. 83 Civ. 8428 (CBM)PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION ON PRETRIAL MOTIONS
MOTLEY, District Judge.
This case arises out of the tragic downing of Korean Air Lines Flight KE007. On September 1, 1983, while the plane was en route from New York to Seoul, South Korea, the plane strayed into Soviet airspace and was shot down by Soviet military aircraft over the Sea of Japan. All 269 persons aboard were killed. Muriel A.M.S. Kole was among those who perished. Muriel Mahalek, her mother, and Marjorie Zicherman, her sister and executrix of her estate, are among the many surviving relatives who filed suit to recover damages under the Warsaw…
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