IN RE AIR CRASH AT TAIPEI

GARY FEESS, District Judge

Plaintiffs THE ESTATE OF NEELIMA VUPPALA, by and through its Successors in Interest, CHANDRASHEKHAR VUPPALA and RAJESHWARI VUPPALA; CHANDRASHEKHAR VUPPALA, individually; RAJESHWARI VUPPALA, individually; KIRAN VUPPALA, individually; and RAKESH VUPPALA, individually, and defendant SINGAPORE AIRLINES, LTD ("SIA"), hereby request that the above referenced action be, and hereby is, dismissed with prejudice as against all defendants pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41 (a)(1); with all parties to bear their own costs.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Case No. CV01-01756, an individual case which is part of MDL Case No. 1394, is hereby dismissed with prejudice.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel shall treat the settlement amount of the above-captioned action as confidential pursuant to this Court's Case Management Order No. 1 dated July 19, 2001.