Legal Opinion
Josephine A. St. Clair, as of the Estate of Harold W. St. Clair, Deceased v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 2, 1960No. 25565_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge.
Josephine St. Clair, widow of Harold St. Clair and executrix of his estate, appeals from a jury verdict in her favor in an action for damages for the wrongful death of Mr. St. Clair, allegedly caused by the negligence of Eastern Air Lines. The plaintiff’s decedent was killed on November 1, 1949, when an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 in which he was a passenger collided in mid-air with a Bolivian plane as the DC-4 approached Washington National Airport for a landing. Eastern’s liability under the law of the District of Columbia for the decedent’s death was established in a suit…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Company, United States of America v. Union Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Matter of Roge v. ValentineNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Lipscomb v. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1901
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Winchester & Partridge Manufacturing Co. v. CrearySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. Ronald Thomas BohleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Parker v. Jones County Community Hosp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1989
- United States v. Aloyisus M. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- St. Clair v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Empire Metal Corporation v. WohlwenderCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
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