Legal Opinion
In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Illinois on May 25, 1979
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 17, 1981No. MDL 391, No. 79 C 2444PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBSON and WILL, District Judges.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Victoria Chen Haider, a resident of Illinois, was one of 273 people who died in the crash of an airplane, built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC), and owned and operated by American Airlines (American), outside Chicago on May 25, 1979. The wrongful death action brought by her husband (who is still a resident of Illinois), as the administrator of her estate, was consolidated with approximately 150 others for pretrial proceedings in this Court. Federal jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332.
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