Legal Opinion
In Re Air Crash Disaster at Warsaw, Poland, Etc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 10, 1982No. CV-80-1290, CV-80-1408, CV-80-1665, CV-80-2977, CV-80-1291, CV-80-1473, CV-80-2511 and CV-81-0741. MDL 441PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SIFTON, District Judge.
I
INTRODUCTION
All of the above cases arise out of the crash of an aircraft owned and operated by defendant, Polskie Linie Lotnicze (“LOT”), in Warsaw, Poland, on March 14, 1980, which resulted in the deaths of all persons on board, including a group of young American boxers. On April 14, 1981, plaintiffs in Angela Y. Robles et al. v. Polskie Linie Lotnicze, CV-80-2977, filed a motion for partial summary judgment in their favor with regard to defendant’s sixth affirmative defense which asserted that its liability is limited, “in accordance with the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Lawrence v. . FoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Knox v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Lipsky v. Commonwealth United Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Port Chester Electrical Construction Corp. v. AtlasNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Benjamins v. British European AirwaysCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Willie H. Harris, Ernestine Harris v. Polskie Linie Lotnicze, AKA Lot Polish Airlines, a Corporation, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Stanley Abramson v. Japan Airlines Co., LtdCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- Floyd v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Floyd v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Gander, NewfoundlandDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1987
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