Legal Opinion
Orchard v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 15, 1952No. 35,402, 35,403, 35,404PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas Gallagher, Justice.
Plaintiffs brought these actions to recover damages from defendant as the result of a plane crash that occurred at Billings, Montana, December 8, 1945, in which plaintiffs’ decedents met death. The plane was a military plane, and all of its occupants, including decedents, were troops of the United States being transferred from Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, to Paine Field, Seattle, Washington. The pilots and certain other services were furnished for the operation by defendant.
A number of cases have arisen as a result of the accident. Some of them have been determined, and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Barnes v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Goodheart v. American Airlines, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
- Eilola v. Oliver Iron Mining Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1937
- State v. JansenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Northwest Airlines, Inc., a Corporation v. Ruth Wien Rowe, Administratrix of the Estate of Louis WienCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1955
- Maher v. RoisnerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953