Legal Opinion
Reliance National Insurance v. Great Lakes Aviation Ltd.
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided July 13, 1998No. 97-3289PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.
An airplane collision.
Fourteen people died in the tragedy.
I. BACKGROUND
On November 19, 1996, a Beech King Air aircraft (King aircraft) and a Beech 1900C aircraft (1900C aircraft) operating as United Express Flight 5925/5926 collided on the runway at Quincy-Baldwin Field, an airport in Quincy, Illinois. The collision resulted in the deaths of both individuals on the King aircraft and all twelve individuals on the 1900C aircraft.
A number of state court lawsuits followed, brought by the personal representatives of the deceased passengers of the 1900C aircraft…
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