Legal Opinion
Bode v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1986No. 84-3416PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
This chapter in the judicial culmination of the tragic crash of Pan American World Airways Flight 759, on takeoff from Moisant International Airport on July 9, 1982, involves bystanders and near-bystanders. The plaintiffs are Opal Bode and George Bode, Jr., whose home was within 50 feet of the point of impact; their daughter Stephanie Lynn, who was home with her mother at the time of the crash; their daughter Lisa Marie, who was running home from a neighbor’s house and was approximately 100 feet from the crash site; Opal Bode’s niece Shannon Marvin, who was in the Bode…
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