Legal Opinion
Lavello v. Danko
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 10, 1959PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAWSON, District Judge.
This is a motion to overrule peremptory exceptions to a libel. The action grows out of the crash of an airplane off Block Island, which is alleged to be more than one marine league from the nearest shore of any state. The action was brought in admiralty pursuant to the Death on the High Seas Act. 46 U.S.C.A. § 761 et seq. It is alleged that the death was caused solely as a result of the negligence, default and wrongful act of respondent’s decedent in the operation of the airplane, in making faulty repairs and failure to make proper inspection. The exceptions to the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wilson v. Transocean AirlinesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1954
- Noel v. Airponents, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1958
3Cited by7 opinions
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Weinstein v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Noel v. United Aircraft Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1962
- Kropp v. Douglas Aircraft Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1971
- Touhey v. Carnivale Cruise LinesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980
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