Legal Opinion

Reidinger v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 6, 1972No. Nos. 71-1727 to 71-1735PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FEIKENS, District Judge.

On November 20, 1967, a Trans World Airlines Convair 880 jet aircraft crashed while on final approach to a landing at Greater Cincinnati Airport in Kentucky. Sixty-five passengers and five crew members died. Ten passengers and two crew members survived.

This crash was the subject matter of a number of suits commenced in various United States District Courts. The Judicial Panel for Multi-District Litigation, in an opinion and order, transferred all these actions to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky for pretrial proceedings and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Eleanora B. Cobb Rogers v. Peabody Coal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
  3. Aetna Insurance v. Cooper Wells & Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
  4. Reidinger v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1971

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In Re KOREAN AIR LINES DISASTER OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1983. Appeal of Plaintiffs Steering CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
  2. George H. Humphreys, Administrator of the Estate of John S. Humphreys, Deceased, and George H. Humphreys, Individually v. Herman TannCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
  3. J. Bruce Miller, Administrator of the Estate of Jerry L. Roades, Sheila O'Brien Swainbank v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
  4. In Re REA Express, Inc., Private Treble Damage, Etc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Jewell McTavish Administratrix of the Estate of Peter R. McTavish Deceased v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973

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