Makary ex rel. Estate of Makary v. EgyptAir

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BLOCK, Senior District Judge.

Sami Makary was a passenger on the EgyptAir Flight 990 which, on October 31, 1999, crashed on its way to Cairo from New York into the Atlantic Ocean, approximately sixty miles from Nantucket Island; there were no survivors. Sami’s sister, plaintiff Soheir Makary, representing his estate, has brought suit seeking pecuniary and nonpecuniary damages pursuant to the Death on the High Seas Act (“DOHSA”), 46 U.S.C. app. §§ 761-768.1 The Court conducted a bench trial on the issue of damages on August 23, 2006.2 The following constitutes its findings…