Legal Opinion
State of Maryland Ex Rel. Mitchell v. Capital Airlines, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 11, 1961PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.
These 22 actions arise out of the crash of a Viscount airplane near Chase, Maryland, in May 1959. The plane was owned and operated by Capital Airlines, Inc. (hereafter Capital) and was on a regularly scheduled flight between New York City and Atlanta, Georgia. All aboard perished. These actions for wrongful death under the laws of Maryland followed (the first of the 22 being instituted in this court in August, 1959). Jurisdiction is based on diversity of citizenship. Defendants Capital and Viekers-Armstrongs, Incorporated (hereafter Incorporated) appeared and…
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