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In Re Air Crash Disaster at Sioux City, Iowa

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided March 14, 1990No. MDL-817PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CONLON, District Judge.

In this consolidated multidistrict litigation arising from an air crash at Sioux City, Iowa, defendants United Airlines, Inc., McDonnell Douglas Corporation and General Electric Company (collectively “defendants”) move the court to dismiss all punitive damages claims under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). 1 In the alternative, defendants request an order determining the state law governing punitive damages in each of the eighteen cases before this court.

I. Background

On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 from Denver to Chicago crashed during an…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Kelsay v. Motorola, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1978

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Margolis v. United Airlines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1993
  2. Kiefer v. Continental Airlines, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1994
  3. Harlan Feeders, Inc. v. Grand Laboratories, Inc.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1995
  4. In Re Air Crash Near Clarence Center, New York, on February 12, 2009District Court, W.D. New York · 2011
  5. Stewart v. American Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1991

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