Legal Opinion
Gill v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 1, 1949No. 34,646PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas Gallagher, Justice.
Action for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s decedent, a naval officer, who was killed while traveling on a contract carrier plane operated by defendant for the United States government in the “northern-region operation” in Alaska on September 18,1944, during the late war. At- the conclusion of the trial the court directed a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff appeals from an order denying her motion for a new trial.
The “northern-region operation” included western Canada and part of Alaska. Defendant, with other airlines, was engaged in transporting men and material to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Keifer & Keifer v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Heffter v. Northern States Power Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Barg v. BousfieldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Goodheart v. American Airlines, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
- Rait v. New England Furniture & Carpet Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Wild v. RarigSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
- Barnes v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Ossenfort Ex Rel. Ossenfort v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Boland v. MorrillSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
- Peter Buchanan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
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