Legal Opinion
In Re Air Crash at Detroit Metropolitan Airport
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided February 4, 1991No. MDL 742PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JULIAN ABELE COOK, Jr., Chief Judge.
On November 21, 1990, the Defendant, McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC), filed a motion for reconsideration of Section III within the November 6, 1990 Or-der 1 that denied the motion of the Third-Party Plaintiff, Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest), for a directed verdict. The reconsideration motion by MDC addresses only the level of conduct that will supervene the exculpatory provisions of Northwest’s employee travel passes: 2 willful and wanton misconduct or gross negligence. For the following reasons, the Court will deny the motion. 3
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2Cases cited24 opinions
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gibbard v. CursanMichigan Supreme Court · 1923
- Northern Pacific R. Co. v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Burnett v. City of AdrianMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
- Northern Pacific Railway Company v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re Air Crash Disaster.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- Polec v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
- In Re Air Crash at Detroit Metro. AirportDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1992
- Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1992