Legal Opinion
Jack v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 17, 1993No. C 92-3787 BAC, C 92-3972 BAC and C 92-4604 BACPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTIONS TO REMAND
CAULFIELD, District Judge.
On July 30, 1992, Trans World Airlines (“TWA”) flight 843, departing New York’s John F. Kennedy Arport for San Francisco, experienced an interruption of takeoff and crashed, igniting on impact. The plane was completely destroyed by flames but, miraculously, all passengers survived.
Flight 843 passengers filed five lawsuits in San Francisco Superior Court, seeking damages for physical injury and emotional distress. While all five complaints relied exclusively on state law theories of recovery, defendant TWA removed to federal court the…
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