Legal Opinion
Mary S. Hopkins, Individually and as of the Estate of George D. Hopkins, Deceased v. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1968No. 22518PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
By our previous decision, 358 F.2d 347, this Court certified a controlling question of Florida law to the Supreme Court of Florida, pursuant to the provisions of § 25.031 Florida Statutes, F.S.A., and Rule 4.61 Florida Appellate Rules, 32 F.S.A. The question was the important one of conflicts as to the application of a foreign (Illinois) dollar limit on damages recoverable for the tortious death of a Florida citizen from an event occurring outside of Florida.
The difficulty of this problem transcended that of our usual Erie- travail. This was so for a number of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Harvey Thomas Smoot, Jr. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- C. C. Duke and C. T. Duke v. Sun Oil Company and Pan American Petroleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Ford Motor Company v. Marvin R. MathisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Nolan v. Transocean Air LinesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Hopkins v. Lockheed Aircraft CorporationSupreme Court of Florida · 1967
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Lehman Brothers v. ScheinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- State of Florida Ex Rel. Robert L. Shevin, Attorney General, Plaintiff v. Exxon CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Nathaniel P. Broussard v. Columbia Gulf Transmission CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Margie C. Barnes v. Atlantic & Pacific Life Insurance Company of America, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Mrs. John W. Allen v. The Estate of Charles Francis Carman, Mrs. Sylvia CarmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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