Johnson v. American Airlines, Inc.

834 F.2d 721 56 USLW 2378 Mary C. JOHNSON; John Laffey; Joan Laffey Baker; Bernard Laffey, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., a Delaware corporation; Aer Lingus, an Irish corporation, and Does I through 25, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees. No. 86-2802. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 13, 1987. Order and Opinion Filed Dec. 17, 1987. Ronald H. Wecht, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. David A. Senior, Los Angeles, Cal., and Robert G. Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before SKOPIL, FARRIS and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. ORDER The petition for rehearing is denied. The majority opinion and Judge Skopil's special concurrence and dissent filed October 9, 1987, 829 F.2d 925 , is withdrawn. OPINION FARRIS, Circuit Judge: BACKGROUND 1 The children and next of kin of Bridgette Laffey brought this action against American Airlines and Aer Lingus. After Mrs. Laffey died, the plaintiffs arranged for a California funeral home to ship Mrs. Laffey's remains to a funeral home in Shannon, Ireland. On June 7, 1985, the…