IN RE: Helicopter Crash Off the Coast of Denmark on September 14, 1980

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DOCKET NO. 564 CLERK GF THE PAlcL
BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION .
IN RE HELICOPTER CRASH OFF THE COAST OF DENMARK ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1980
ORDER DENYING TRANSFER#*
Presently before the Panel is a motion, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§1407, brought by United Technologies Corporation, Sikorsky Aircraft
Division, defendant in the two actions listed on the attached Schedule
A, for transfer of the action pending in the Eastern District ofTexas
to the Northern District of Texas for coordinated or consolidated
pretrial proceedings with the action pending there. All plaintiffs
oppose transfer to the Northern District of Texas or, in the
alternative, assert that if transfer is warranted, then the actions
: should be centralized in the Eastern District of Texas.
On the basis of the papers filed and the hearing held, we find
that Section 1407 transfer would neither serve the convenience of the
parties and witnesses nor further the just and efficient conduct of
the litigation. We note that only two actions in adjacent districts
are Involved here, and suitable alternatives to Section 1407 transfer
exist.
C IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motion for transfer pursuant to28 U.S.C. §1407 be, and the same hereby is, DENIED.
FOR THE PANEL:
| Andrew A. Caffrey
Chairman
¥ Judge Milton Pollack took no part in the decision of this matter.

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eo SCHEDULE A
MDL-564 -- IN RE HELICOPTER CRASH OFF THE COAST OF DENMARK ON
Northern District of Texas
Harriette Lester, et al. v. United Technologies Cororation, Sikorsky
Aircraft Division, C.A. No. CA3-83=11L41-F
Eastern District of Texas
Carol Ann Morrison, et al. v. United Technologies Corporation, Sikorsky
Aircraft Division, C.A. No. B-83-450-CA