Legal Opinion
Wilhelmy v. Northwest Airlines
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided September 16, 1949No. 2042PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWEN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, a passenger on one of defendant’s airplanes, brought this action against defendant airplane carrier for alleged negligent injury to plaintiff’s inner ear and throat and for other personal injuries alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence 'in operating the airplane on which plaintiff was a passenger in such a way as to cause it to descend from a high to a low altitude at a too rapid rate of . descent in connection with a scheduled landing of the airplane.
Defendant denies negligence and specifically further pleads as an affirmative- defense that the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gooch v. Oregon Short Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Jones v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1945
- Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America v. Pan American Airways, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1944
- The FinlandDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1929
- Texas N.O.R. Co. v. Miller Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1941
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Crowell v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
- Southcenter View Condominium Owners' Ass'n v. Condominium Builders, Inc.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1986
- Bernard v. U. S. AircoachDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1953
- Randolph v. American Airlines, Inc.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1956
- Shortley v. Northwestern AirlinesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1952
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