IN RE: Air Crash Disaster in the Ionian Sea on September 8, 1974

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10/2/75 1 [MOTION & BRIEF -- Trans World Airlines to transfer actions under
28 U.S.C. §1407
Lk SUGGESTED TRANSFEREE FORUM: Southern District of
——] New York	10/6/75 ovants Addition of one action, Riccardo Masera, etc. v. Trans World
a Wirlines, Inc., et al., StD.N.Y,, C.A. No. 75 Civ. 4842 — ~ _
0/9 1] EARING ORDER setting	A-1 through A-T4 fororal hearing OCTOber 27, 177°	| ~~ Orlando, Florida =
1.0/9 Fo RESPONSE =~ Affidavit of Granito as counsel for pltfs. Argyropouloi i Katman, Masera, Giorgi w/cert. of service. __
10/14/75 § 3 § RESPONSE ~-- GILY EPSTEIN BARD, et al. RUTH AlN" REED, ET AL., L'ESPERANCE
: fj ET AL. w/cert. of service
10/14/75 § | RESPONSE -- THEODORE PALLAS w/cert. of service
10/14/75 APPEARANCES -- John J. Martin, Esqg., TWA and Chrles C. Tillinghast, Jr.,
: F.C. Wiser, Jr., Richard E. Neuman and J. H. Steele;
Keith Gerrard, Esq., for the Beoing Co., Ernest B.
_______ Lageson, Esg., for United Technologies Corp.
j Theodore Pallas, EXKEEEXBXXEAX Hermann J. Galle
Estate of Tej Shah, etc., William J. Keller
i Arum P. Katzman, et al., Argyropoulas, et al, Girogi, et al
——] Masera, Charles F. Krause, Esq., Lee G. Benedict, etc.	: Seymour L. Ellison, Esq.
0/16 | 5 |RESPONSE -- BOEING CO. w/cert. of service
0 | kcors ON TQ _HEARING ORDER == to corre A—5 Civil Action No 0
1] read 4537
0 - | 6 | AFFIDAVIT -- on Behalf of SHAH plaintiffs
10/ AFFIDAVIT -- on Behalf of ALICE AND JEFFREY BENEDICT6/76 ONSENT OF TRANSFEREE COURT -- for Judge Marvin E. Frankel to handle
_ ] litigation in the S.D. N.Y, under- 1 Section 1407
5/76 'ORDER -- ansferring A- hrough A-14 to the Southern District of
-— F—] New York unde : : . §1407 forassingnemt to Judge Frankel	0 Ri 1 1
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— ONDITIONAL TRANSFER ORDERS FILED TODAY -- Notified ounse invo ad: judgesd.
2/26/76 ! WALLACE, ETC, V. TWA D A -75-496 TIM _ —
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10/14/76 — B-3 KARAS, ETC. V. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, E.D A -76=164 ee	CTO filed today. Notified counse involved judges/ —
11/1/76 § | B-3 KARAS, ETC. V, TWA, E.D.CAL, F-76=-164
| 0 fina oda Notified erk involve judge
3/28/77 {| 8 I B-2 Billy Wallace, e ans World Aj ine Nn et 3
A S.D.New York A, NO 6 04
1 Motion, Brief, Affidavit o ephen A mith ertificate of
< ice asking fo emand to the D.O ali 0 ansfe
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2712 [9 | RESPONSE IN OPPOSTFION TO MOTION BY PLAINTIFF WALLACE TO REMAND —=
Ie : Defendant The Boeing Company w/cert. of service,
6/1/77 | THEARING ORDER _-- Setting B-2 motion for remand -- for hearing
[ —- June 24, 1977, Washington, D.C.
6/23/77 J| WAIVEROF QRAL ARGUMENT 6/24 Hearing -=- Bi dallace .

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rf —— OPINION	AND ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR REMAND filed today.
10/31/79 8 1 ORDER --	REASSIGNING	LITIGATION TQ THE HONORABLE KEVIN THOMAS.
{4 DUFFv under 28 U.S.C. §1407 -
2/18/78Y _§ APPEARANCE -- Alfred R. Naphan, Esq. for pltf, Billy Wallace (B=
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TRANSFER ORDER, Jan. 26, (9%6 9440 HippRogigegp1 Filed IP FTA S. fideo. Tx 2s,DOCKET NO. 229 -- JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTTIDISTRICT LITIGA N 3 C|
J /Description of Litigation
MDL DOCKET NO. 229 -- IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER IN THE IONIAN SEA ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1974
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} Summary of Panel Action To
Date(s) of Hearing(s) Clanfos
Date(s) of Opinion(s) or ‘Order (s) 1/26/16 1/22/17
Consolidation Ordered XX Name of Transferee Judge NERYXRXEXXKEXKEEX KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY
Consolidation Denied Transferee District SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Ai)
Intra- District Civil Date ofOffice and Action Transfer| Transferee [Dismissal
Number Caption Judge Number Date Docket No. [or Remand| Misc,
Aol Theodore Pallas, etc., et al. v. }S.D.N.Y.,| 75 Civ 209) J b/c y 7	Trans World Airways, Inc., et al. | (MEF)
| anv AVALA=2 Estate of Tej Shah, etc., et al. v{E.D.Fa.. 75-149 /
Trans World Airlines, Inc (CCN) : /s/A-3 Ruth Ann Reed, Adm., et al. v. .D.N.Y.,| 75 Civ, 4015 ¥ 5/74 JForwood Cloud Wiser, Jr., et al. (MEF) .
Ad Gily Epstein Bard, et al. v. S.D.N.Y. 75 Civ. 31B6 ol 5/79)
Trans World Airlines, Inc. (MEL ME) 7	, ET id
A-5 Avrum Peter Katzman,etc., et al. v{S.D.N.Y. 75 Civ.—4%8 E 9/10 79DTrans World Airlines, Inc., et al. (MEL)
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A-6 George Argyropoulos, et al. Vv. FS.D.N.Y.] 75 Civ. 45p1 mmr men. 0/9/79	Trans World Airlines, Inc., et (EW)
al. .
A—7 Ann P. Giorgi, etc. v. Trans S.D.N.Y.| 75 Civ. 45B6 .{—
World Airlines, Inc., et al. (HFW) /| cys 23790A-8 Pete Gus Chakalakis, etc. v. D. Md. HM-75-1262[1/26/76 [ae P :
Trans World Airlines, Inc. Pl re 7. ce _a-g | Florentia Chakalakis, Adm. v. "ID. 'Md. | HM-75-1263[/26/76 76 al
Trans World Airlines, Inc. > / / D	py A017Hermant Shah, Adm. v. Trans World“ E.D.Pa.| 75-2408 /26/76 700V 8 /	A-10 Le S
Airlines, Inc. (CCN)

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DOCKET NO. 229 (CONTINUED) PAGE 2
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ntra- District Civil Date of
Office ' and Action Transfer| Transferee| Dismissal
Number Caption Judge Number Date Docket Nbowtor Remand Misc.
11 Lee H. Benedict, etc. v. Trans N.D.Cal |C75-1802-AJz1/26/76| 7¢ AZ (75 SY)A= World Airlines, Inc., et al. : )
9 Louise L'Esperance, etc. v. Trans .S.D.N.Y. |75 Civ. 43§3—"} ~~ 1/39 D -A-1 | World Airlines, Inc. CHT)
/2/7Louise L'Esperance, etc. v. [S.D.N.Y. |75 Civ. 4384 /) 7/ ? DA-13 Forwood Cloud Wiser, Jr., et al. EB) NEA
A-14 Riccardo Masera, etc. v. Trans ~i8.D.N.Y. {75 Civ. 484)2 1"
World Airlines, Inc., et al. . (CBM)
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B-1 |Paut-G:-Yeroadopoules v, Trans “N.D.Cal c-75-2090-qw./ 26/7 CUNO AT vg
World Airlines, Inc..Q	- // 74 : fa,
> Lo i oveh 1a] 5SED	"‘B-2 Billy Wallace, etc. v. Trans E.D. Cal |S-75-496-TqM=R¢; 7b 76 “
World Airlines, Inc., et al. . | |
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XYZ~-1 Elisheva Lowe,e yr Trans CERI| 75 Civ. 790 CORTES" ANCL
World Airlines, Inc., et al. DO NOT ower = a. / 25S1C.$s
XYZ-2 Fidelity Union Trust Co., et al. |S.D.N.YJ75 Civ. 5421% : 26%,	v. Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr. ,. 7
et al. 7.	XYZ-3 Fidelity Union Trust Co., et al. | S.D.N.Y/75 Civ. 542 7/3 79v, Trans World Airlines, Inc.
sh 1) [79DB-3 James Karas, etc. v. Trans World |E.D.Calif F-76-164 A 2 2 VY 7Airlines, Inc., et gl. Crocker
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JBML FORM 1 ~- Continuation
DOCKET NO. 229 —_ IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER IN THE IONIAN SEA ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1974 —— Pp. 3
Intra- Distric Civil Date of
Office and Action TransferlransfereePDismissal
Number Caption Judge Number Date [pocket No.pr Remand Misc.
.XYZ-4| Sotirios Louis Karras v. TWA, et S.D.N.Y| 76-90 ES ——
al. ' 19/740
.XYZ-5| Ampilio Magnoni, etc. v. TWA, et al. |S.D.N.¥| 76-1825 lt 7/08/6003
XYZ-6| Papakonstantinou, Marcous K, etc. Vv S.D.N.Y 76-3367_(- B 7/25/51 [PTWA, Inc., et al. R
XYZ-7| Michael Abraham Aivazoglou, etc. v. 5.D.N.Y 76-3368 F ‘
TWA, Inc., et al. / fe)
XYZ-8| Ruth Breiner in Rosenwasser, etc. v. |S.D.N.Y|! 76-3369 (
TWA, Inc., et al. : A Gfas su
XYZ-9 | Frederico Hermano Scopinich, etc. v. [S.D.N.Y.[ 76-3370 ( aTWA, Inc., et al,
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10 Theodore Pallas, etc, et al. v. Charles C. EVAL:Tillinghast, Jr., et al. S.D.N.Y,| 76-3371 me 7
xYz-11 Gily Epstein Bard, etc., et al. v. S.D.N.Y. 76-4717 9/2 DDCharles C. Tillinghast, Jr.,
et al.
SS EE AJ§O	XYZ-12 Hemant Shah, etc. v. Charles C. S.D.N.Y. 76-3920 / a Cl
Tillinghast, Jr., et al. .
XYZ-13 Ruth Ann Reed, et al. v. Charles C. S.D.N.Y [76-3930 Y5/79
Tillinghast, Jr., et al. ‘ BNXYZ-14 Thomas J. Egan v. TWA, et al. S.D.N.Y [76-3960 11/9 fo
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ATTORNEY SERVICE LIST
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
DOCKET NO. 229 -= _IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER IN THE TONIAN SEA ON ~~
SEPTEMBER 8, 1974
WBkxikmkikEgx Badenoaixt
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. .
CHARLES C. TILLINGHAST, JR. ARUM P. KATZMAN, ET AL. (A-5)
F. C. WISER, JR. GEORGE ARGYROPOULAS, ET AL. (A-6)
RICHARD E. NEUMAN ANN P., GIROGI, ET AL. (A-7)
J. H. STEELE RICCARDO MASERA (A-14)
John J. Martin, Esquire Charles F., Krause, Esquire
Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston Speiser & Krause, P.C.
14 Wall Street 200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10005 New York, New York 10017
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THE BorING ed. PETER CHAKALAKIS (A-8)
K Bith Ger FLORENTIA CHAKALAKIS (A-9)
Perkins, Coie, Stone, .aps Jack H. Olender, Esquire
Olsen & Williams 1725 K Street, N.W., Suite 803
1900 Washington Building Washington, D. C. 20036
~~ Beattle, Washington 98101
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. LEE G. BENEDICT, ETC. (A-11)
Ernest B. Lageson, Esquire Seymour L. Ellison, Esquire
Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon 1005-1045 Sansome Street
555 California Street San Francisco, California 94111
San Francisco, California 94104
THEODORE PALLAS, ET AL. (A-1) LL
Hermann J. Galley, Esquire
F. Lee Bailey & Aaron J. Broder
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10001 BILLY WALLACE (B-2)
ESTATE OF TEJ SHAH, ETC. (A-2) Alfred R. Naphan, Esquire
ESTATE OF SAROJBEN SHAH, ETC. (a-10) Naphan, Glassford & Sykes
} iam L. Keller, Esquire 169 14th Street
121 So Broad Street hotd 1 oakland, California 94612Fifth Floor Vd Cc
Philadelphia, Pa. 7 PAUL G. YERONDOPOQULOS (B-~1)
Ruocco & Saucedo
RUTH ANN REED, ET AL. (A-3) « .
GILLY EPSTEIN BARD, ET (A-4) Japan Calif. Bank Bldg.
LOUISE L'ESPERENCE (A-12, A-13) 112 al den Boul a
Stanley J. Levy, Esquire San dose. Calif. @si13
Kreindler & Kreindler THE BOEING COMPANYJohn K. Weir, Esquire
New York, New York 10016 Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens
One State Street Plaza
New York, N.Y. 10004
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B~3 JAMES KRRAS
Gerald V. Barron, III, Esquire
Hoge, Fanton, Jones & Appel
: 1321 Monterey Salinas Highway
Monterey, California 93940
THOMAS J. EGAN, ETC.
Geoghan Tutrone & Grossman
747 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017

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