Legal Opinion
In Re Pago Pago Aircrash of January 30, 1974
District Court, C.D. California
Decided October 9, 1981No. MDL 176PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER RE: PREJUDGMENT INTEREST
WM. MATTHEW BYRNE, Jr., District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
These consolidated wrongful death and personal injury cases arise out of the crash of a Pan American World Airways, Inc. (“Pan Am”) Boeing 707 in Pago Pago, American Samoa, on January 30, 1974, in which ninety-seven persons died and the four survivors were injured. After four years of multi-district litigation proceedings, international discovery, motions practice, myriad hearings before two judges and a special master, and over forty days of pre-trial conference, all cases were jointly tried before…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hurtado v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- Busik v. LevineSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Reich v. PurcellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Landes Construction Co., Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Royal Bank of Canada, Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Anthony P. Locricchio, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Legal Services Corp., Defendants-Appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Canavin v. Pacific Southwest AirlinesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983
- Altavion, Inc. v. Konica Minolta System Laboratory, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 2014
- Cassinos v. Union Oil Co.California Court of Appeal · 1993
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