Legal Opinion
In Re Air Crash Disaster at Sioux City, Iowa
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 26, 1991No. MDL-817, Nos. 90 C 4973, 90 C 4986 and 91 C 1219PublishedCited by 4 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, plaintiffs Jan Brown, Donna McGrady and Susan White move for partial summary judgment on their strict products liability claims against defendants McDonnell Douglas Corporation and General Electric Company.
BACKGROUND
On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 from Denver to Chicago crashed during an attempted emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa. Of the 296 people on board, 112 were killed as a result of the crash. Plaintiffs were flight attendants…
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