In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Silver Plume, Colo.

OPINION OF THE COURT WITH FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

THEIS, District Judge.

Before the Court in this multidistrict action are seventeen cases consolidated for pretrial proceedings and determination as to the legal issue of liability between the parties. All cases, as captioned in Appendix I attached hereto, either were originally filed in this court or were transferred here for consolidated pretrial proceedings by Order of the Judicial Panel for Multidistrict Litigation, entered on December 5, 1972. Subsequently, by stipulation of the parties in the Final Pretrial Order herein, it…