Legal Opinion
In Re Air Crash Near Clarence Center, New York, on February 12, 2009
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided July 18, 2011No. 1:09-mj-02085PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
WILLIAM M. SKRETNY, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Presently before this Court are the parties’ choice-of-law motions filed in this multidistrict litigation concerning the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407. On February 12, 2009, while on final approach to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Flight 3407 crashed into a house in Clarence Center, N.Y., killing 50 people (all 49 on board and one in the house) and damaging neighboring property.
By order entered October 6, 2009, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred all then-pending…
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