Legal Opinion
Riley v. Capital Airlines, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 28, 1960PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtG. Robert Wither, J.
Plaintiff has moved (Rules Civ. Prac., rule 109) to strike out as insufficient in law the first affirmative defense contained in defendant’s answer which is directed to all of the causes of action alleged in the amended complaint. It is alleged in said affirmative defense that the accident out of which plaintiff’s causes of action arise occurred in West Virginia, that the statutes of West Virginia limit recovery to the sum of $20,000, and that the laws of West Virginia do not permit plaintiff to sue for personal injuries and conscious pain and suffering of her decedent. In the amended…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Loucks v. . Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Auten v. AutenNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Dennick v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Slater v. Mexican National RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Richards v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
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- Lauterbach v. FleischerNew York Supreme Court · 1961
- Suzanne Thomas Richards, Nee Wadlow, Individually and for the Use and Benefit of Debra Sue Richards v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Harvey Baruck, Administrator of the Estate of Robert I. Zelens, Deceased v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Clarine Farough, Individually, and for the Use and Benefit of John Allen Farough and Mary Kay Farough, Minors v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Bernice L. Maupin, Individually, and for the Use and Benefit of Marie Elleene Maupin, a Minor v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Margaret J. Howe v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Elizabeth R. Cross, of the Estate of John Leland Cross, Jr., Deceased v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Therese B. Akin, of the Estate of Morris W. Akin, Deceased v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Althea S. Gates, Nee Bergtholdt, Individually, and for the Use and Benefit of William Randall Gates, a Minor v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Ruth Jean Carr-Harris, Administratrix of the Estate of Donald Dale Carr-Harris, Deceased v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Anna Mae O'neal, Surviving Widow of William E. O'neal, Deceased v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Margaret Emma Barron, Individually, and for the Use and Benefit of Charles Donovan Barron and William Brooks Barron, Minors v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Myra Fields, Administratrix of the Estate of Harold M. Fields, Deceased v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Virginia Hobson, Individually and for the Use and Benefit of John Hobson, David Hobson, Steven Hobson, Sammy Hobson, and Timothy Hobson, Minors v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc., Josephine M. Schmyser, Administratrix of the Estate of Herman F. Schmyser, Ceceased v. United States of America, and American Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960