IN RE: Helicopter Crash at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on May 22, 1981

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JUDICIAL PAKEL ON
, HULTIDISTRICT LITIGATIONFILED
® NOV 25 1983
CL PATRICIA D. HOVJ
Cel DOCKET NO. 562 CLERK OF THE PANEL
BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
IN RE HELICOPTER CRASH AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA,
ON MAY 22, 1981
TRANSFER ORDER¥
This litigation consists of two actions pending in the Northern
District of Texas and one action pending in the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania. Now before the Panel is a motion of Bell Hellcopter
Textron, Inc., and Textron, Inc., defendants in all three actions, to
centralize the actions under 28 U.S.C. §1407 in the Northern District
of Texas for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. All
parties to the actions either agree on the desirability of, or do not
oppose, centralization of the actions in that district.
On the basis of the papers filed,’ the Panel finds that these
actions share common questions concerning the causes of an responsi-
bility for a helicopter crash near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, on
May 22, 1981, and that transfer will serve the convenience of the
- parties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient conduct of
h this litigation.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407, the
actions listed on the attached Schedule A and pending in the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania be, and the same hereby is, transferred to
the Northern District of Texas and, with the consent of that court,
assigned to the Honorable A. Joe Fish for coordinated or consolidated
pretrial proceedings with the actions pending in that district and
listed on SChedule A. i -
FOR THE PANEL:
Andrew A. Caf y
Chairman
¥ Judge Milton Pollack took no part in the decision of this matter.
1/ The parties waived oral argument and accordingly the question of
transfer of these actions under Section 1407 was submitted on the
briefs. Rule 14, R.P.J.P.M.L., 89 F.R.D. 273, 283-84 (1981).

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MDL-562 -- IN RE HELICOPTER CRASH AT CAMP LEJEUNE NORTH CAROLINA, ON
MAY 22, 1983
Northern District of Texas
Victoria D. Mason, et al. v. Textron Inc., et al., C.A. No.
3-83-1108-G
Victoria D. Mason, et al. v. Textron Inc., et al., C.A. No.
3-83-1196-H
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Alexis J. Frendak v. Textron, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 83-2260