Legal Opinion
Harold Ageloff and Carol M. Ageloff, as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Scott Alan Ageloff, Deceased v. Delta Airlines Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 18, 1988No. 86-6022PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge:
Scott Alan Ageloff was killed in the crash of Delta Airlines Flight 191 at the Dallas-Ft. Worth Regional Airport on August 2, 1985. In January 1986 Ageloff’s parents — as personal representatives of his estate — brought this diversity wrongful death action against Delta Airlines. Delta conceded liability, and the case went to trial only for the determination of damages. Unlike the typical wrongful death case, damages sought by the parents are not the pecuniary loss sustained by their being deprived of contributions to them by their son. Rather it is a claim…
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