Legal Opinion
Gertrude Baumgart v. Fairchild Aircraft Corporation and Swearingen Aviation Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 22, 1993No. 91-5784PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WERLEIN, District Judge:
These consolidated cases arise from the crash near Kettwig, Germany of a Fair-child Metroliner III Aircraft owned and operated by Nurenburger Flugdienst (“NFD”), a German airline. Plaintiffs are nineteen German citizens who originally sought recompense for their injuries in the Texas state courts. Defendant Fairchild Aircraft Corporation (“Fairchild”), after filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas, removed all nineteen cases to federal court. Fairchild then moved the court to dismiss the cases…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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