Legal Opinion
Champlain Enterprises, Inc. v. United States
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided November 20, 1996No. 1:94-cv-01356PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION & ORDER
McAVOY, Chief Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
This case arises from the crash of CommutAir Flight 4821. On January 3, 1992, the aircraft was on approach to Adirondack Airport in Saranac Lake, New York. It struck a mountain approximately 4.3 miles short of the runway and was destroyed. Two persons died and two persons survived the crash. In a related ease, Momen, et al. v. U.S., et al. (94-CV-654), one of the survivors of the crash brought suit in this Court alleging negligence on the part of USAir, Champlain Enterprises (the plaintiff here), Beech Aircraft, and the United States.
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