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Nature of Suit Code: 310
Nature of Suit: Airplane Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Airline Crash

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Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE:

AIR CRASH AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ON JULY 6, 2013 

MDL No.: 13-md-2497 

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 2 

THIS ORDER RELATES TO: 

Kyung Rhan Rha v. Asiana Airlines et al. 

Case No. 14-CV-01486 

Eugene Rah v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al. 

Case No. 14-CV-05603 

Eun Koo Chong v. Asiana Airlines et al. 

Case No. 14-CV-05510 

Sook Young Hyun v. Asiana Airlines et al. 

Case No. 15-CV-03511 

Woo Lee Han v. Asiana Airlines et al. 

Case No. 15-CV-00053 

 

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD: 

In light of the Joint Case Management Conference Statement, (Dkt. No. 834), the Court 

hereby ORDERS as follows: 

1. The Court understands, based upon the representations of the parties, that one of the 

above-captioned cases, Eun Koo Chong v. Asiana Airlines et al. Case No. 14-CV-05510, 

has settled. Accordingly, all pending motion, case management, and trial dates in the Eun 

Koo Chong matter are VACATED. A compliance hearing shall be held on the Court’s 9:01 

a.m. calendar on Friday, September 29, 2017, in Courtroom 1 of the United States 

Courthouse located at 1301 Clay Street in Oakland, California. By no later than 5 business 

days prior to the date of the compliance hearing, the parties shall file (a) a proposed 

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Stipulation of Dismissal and Application for Approval of Minor’s Compromise; or (b) a 

one-page JOINT STATEMENT setting forth an explanation regarding the failure to comply. 

If compliance is complete, the parties need not appear and the compliance hearing will be 

taken off calendar. Telephonic appearances will be allowed if the parties have submitted a 

joint statement in a timely fashion. 

2. Pursuant to the Court’s Trial Setting Order, (Dkt. No. 795), the trial dates are confirmed 

and/or revised as follows: 

Trial Date Case Number Case Title 

September 25, 2017 14-CV-01486 Kyung Rhan Rha v. Asiana Airlines et al

October 23, 2017 14-CV-05603 Eugene Rah v. Asiana Airlines, Inc. et al

November 6, 2017 15-CV-03511 Sook Young Hyun v. Asiana Airlines et al 

(Limited to Sook Young Hyun’s personal 

injury claim and Hyan Seob Oh’s derivative 

loss of consortium claim.)1

November 13, 2017 15-CV-00053 Woo Lee Han v. Asiana Airlines et al 

(Claims of Jeong Mi Lee and Nae Hyuong.) 

November 28, 2017 15-CV-00053 Woo Lee Han v. Asiana Airlines et al 

(Separate trials for each remaining nonsettling crew member plaintiff begin. Trial 

order to be determined.)2

 

3. In light of plaintiffs’ non-opposition to the motion of defendant Asiana Airlines, Inc. 

(“Asiana”) for an order to determine damages law applicable to claims by plaintiffs Jeong 

Mi Lee, Ji Youn Kim, Jin Hee Lee, Woo Lee Han, Yun Ju Kim, and Sook Young Hyun, 

against Asiana, (Dkt. No. 829), Asiana’s Motion is GRANTED. Accordingly, the Court 

finds that South Korea damages law and standards to determine the quantum of damages 

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 Hyan Seob Oh’s separate claim for personal injuries and Sook Young Hyun’s derivative loss 

of consortium claim will be tried as Group 2 claims. 

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 The Court understands the remaining non-settling crew members to be Woo Lee Han, Ji 

Youn Kim, Yun Ju Kim, and Jin Hee Lee. 

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apply to the claims of plaintiffs Jeong Mi Lee, Ji Youn Kim, Jin Hee Lee, Woo Lee Han, 

Yun Ju Kim, and Sook Young Hyun, against Asiana. 

4. With respect to the parties’ request for clarification, (Dkt. No. 834 at 4:16), the Court 

generally requires the filing of discovery designations so that parties cannot expand the 

designations in the future. That said, given the parties’ cooperative approach, the Court 

APPROVES a mutual exchange without filing. 

5. The Court hereby relieves Brian Alexander of Kreindler & Kreindler LLP of plaintiffs’ 

liaison counsel duties. No further liaison counsel shall be appointed. 

6. In light of Dkt. No. 832, the Court ORDERS the caption in Hyun v. The Boeing Company, 

Case No. 15-CV-03507, revised as follows: 

Case Number Current Caption Revised Caption 

15-CV-03507 Hyun v. The Boeing Company Kum v. The Boeing Company 

 

 This Order terminates Dkt. No. 829. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

July 24, 2017

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