In Re Multidistrict Civil Actions Involving the Air Crash Disaster Near Hanover

ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION

BOWNES, District Judge.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), the court orders that all cases not originating in this District or already transferred here pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) be transferred to the District of New Hampshire for consolidated trial with all other cases on the issue of liability. Trial will start September 27, 1971.

There are thirty-two cases now pending arising out of the air crash disaster near Hanover, New Hampshire, on October 25, 1968. The defendants, either by way of direct action, cross-action, or third-party actions, are: Northeast…