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Nature of Suit Code: 310
Nature of Suit: Airplane Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE:

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS

LITIGATION

This Document Relates To:

ALL WARSAW CASES

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MDL Docket No 04-1606 VRW 

 ORDER

In addition to all other matters pertinent to the motions

noticed for hearing on December 8, 2005, the parties should be

prepared to address the following:

(1) What is the precise rationale of the High Court of

Australia’s holding in Povey v Qantas Airways Ltd?;

(2) In the absence of an industry-wide practice of warning

passengers of the risk of DVT, what are the implications

of allowing claims against individual airlines that

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adopted a policy of warning passengers of the risk of DVT

while disallowing claims against individual airlines that

did not adopt such a policy?; and

(3) Which, if any, of the Warsaw defendants are not regulated

by the Federal Aviation Administration?

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 

VAUGHN R WALKER

United States District Chief Judge

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