Legal Opinion
In Re Multidistrict Litigation Arising From the SILVER BRIDGE DISASTER
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided April 20, 1970No. 39PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
On December 15, 1967, at the height of the evening rush hour, the Silver Bridge spanning the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, West Virginia collapsed. As a result, thirty-one cars fell into the river and forty-six persons were killed. The forty-eight actions listed on Schedule A result from this tragedy. The bridge was allegedly fabricated by the American Bridge Division of the United States Steel Corporation. The J. E. Greiner Company allegedly participated in the design of the bridge as consulting engineers. They are both defendants 1 in nearly all of the actions. The United…
3Cases cited3 opinions
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- In Re Multidistrict Civil Actions Involving the Mid-Air Collision Near HendersonvilleUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1969
- In Re Multidistrict Civil Actions Arising From the Air Crash DisasterUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1969
4Cited by6 opinions
- In Re Yarn Processing Patent Validity LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1972
- In Re Silver Bridge Disaster LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1974
- In Re San Juan, Puerto Rico Air Crash Disaster LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1970
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Hanover, New HampshireUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1970
- In re Alsco-Harvard Fraud LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1971
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