Legal Opinion
In Re Air Crash Disaster at Fla. Everglades, Dec. 29, 1972
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided June 28, 1973No. 139PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
On December 29, 1972, an Eastern Airlines jet en route from New York City to Miami, Florida, crashed in the Florida Everglades, fatally injuring 96 of the 161 passengers. At the present time, fourteen actions arising from the crash have been filed in the Southern District of Florida, nine in the Southern District of New York and three in the Eastern District of New York.
Defendants Eastern Airlines and Lockheed Aircraft Corporation have moved the Panel, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, for an order transferring these actions to either Florida or New York for coordinated or…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Huntington, West VirginiaUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1972
- In Re Air Crash Near Denver, Colorado on October 3, 1969United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1972
4Cited by12 opinions
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Florida Everglades on December 29, 1972. Dorothy Gordon, Etc., Joseph Mazur and Rose Mazur, Meryl Adrienne Rubin, Etc., and Fuchsberg & Fuchsberg, Their Attorneys v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Steve N. Minguzzi, and Landes, Wingate & Shamis, Their Attorneys v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc., and "Plaintiffs' Committee,"Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Florida Everglades on December 29, 1972United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1973
- In Re U. S. Financial Securities LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
- In re Air Crash DisasterUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Upperville, VirginiaUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975
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