Legal Opinion
Dugas v. National Aircraft Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 26, 1971No. Nos. 18873, 18874PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a February 24, 1970, judgment awarding damages under both the federal Death on the High Seas Act1 *and the Pennsylvania Survival Act2 for the deaths of two teenage girls resulting from a crash of a private airplane at sea.3
The plane took off during the night from the island of South Caicos in the Bahamas on a flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and disappeared along with its pilot and the two passengers, Kathryn Du-gas and Christina Hart.
*1388Xavier Máxime Dugas, the father and administrator of the estate of Kathryn Cecile Dugas,…
2Cases cited59 opinions
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Michigan Central Railroad v. VreelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. GaudetSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. TallentireSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Dearborn Marine Service, Inc. v. Chambers & KennedyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- H. Azzopardi, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Paul Azzopardi, Deceased v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Maria Arlete Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Company, Key International Drilling Company, Ltd. And Key Perfuracoes Maritimas, Ltda.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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