Legal Opinion
Steering Committee v. American Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 16, 2003No. 03-1073PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
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An American Airlines jet aircraft, being operated as Flight 1420 from Dallas/Fort Worth to Little Rock, crashed into a non-frangible approach light stanchion after touching down, broke apart, and caught fire. Eleven people died and more than eighty were injured as a result of the accident.
Various federal lawsuits relating to the crash were filed; they were consolidated by the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation and transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. A plaintiffs’ steering committee (PSC) was…
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