Legal Opinion
Farrell v. American Flyers Airline Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 16, 1967No. Nos. 67 Civ. 183, 67 Civ. 1630, 67 Civ. 302, 66 Civ. 2291, 67 Civ. 1562 and 67 Civ. 1772PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOHEY, District Judge.
The defendant moved under Fed.R. Civ.P. 42(a) to consolidate all of the above actions, and further moved, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) to transfer them to the Eastern District of Oklahoma where they might have been brought since the defendant is doing business there.1
All of the actions arise out of a crash of one of the defendant’s airplanes on April 22, 1966, near Ardmore, Oklahoma. The plane, under military charter, was carrying ninety-two soldiers and six employees of defendant. Only fifteen soldiers survived the crash. The plaintiffs are either survivors,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Babcock v. JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- Kilberg v. Northeast Airlines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1961
- Dym v. GordonNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
- Schmidt v. American Flyers Airline Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- Wright v. American Flyers Airline CorporationDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1967
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Mobbs v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1990
- State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of America v. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- American Flyers Airline Corp. v. FarrellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- American Flyers Airline Corporation, Defendant-Petitioner v. George E. Farrell, as Administrator of the Estate of Ralph D. Johnson, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Respondents. American Flyers Airline Corporation, Defendant-Petitioner v. William McGuigan as Administrator of the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits of Robert G. McGuigan Deceased, William W. Bart, as Administrator of the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits of William Richard Bart, Deceased, and Leo Ray Burnett, Sr., as Administrator of the Estate of Leo Ray Burnett, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiffs-Respondents. American Flyers Airline Corporation, Defendant-Petitioner v. William P. Kennelly and Dorothy Kennelly, as Administrators of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of William T. Kennelly, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Respondents. American Flyers Airline Corporation, Defendant-Petitioner v. Dorothy Wills, as Administratrix of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Lemuel Wills, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff-Respondent. American Flyers Airline Corporation, Defendant-Petitioner v. Elizabeth Holt Davidson, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian of Barry W. Holt, an Infant, Deceased, Plaintiff-Respondent. American Flyers Airline Corporation, Defendant-Petitioner v. Hon. John F.X. McGohey Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- In re Multidistrict Civil Actions Involving the Air Crash DisasterUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1968