Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Professional Aircraft Line Service

RILEY, Chief Judge.

This case began with an uncontrolled, runaway commercial aircraft at Las Vegas’s McCarran International Airport (McCarran Airport). After the aircraft came to a rest at the bottom of an embankment, the resulting property damage and loss-of-use of the aircraft totaled over $10 million. The aircraft’s owner, Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest), obtained a default judgment in Minnesota state court against Professional Aircraft Line Service (PALS), the maintenance company responsible for the wreck. In this garnishment action, Northwest seeks to recover part of the amount of…