Legal Opinion
Martha Eck v. United Arab Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 13, 1966No. 29610_1PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:
This action was commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by appellant Martha Eck, a resident of California, against appellee United Arab Airlines (UAA), an alien corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United Arab Republic. Appellant sought to recover damages for personal injuries that she allegedly suffered when on March 16, 1962 an airplane owned and operated by UAA crashed in the vicinity of Wadi Haifa, Sudanese Republic, Africa. District court jurisdiction was alleged under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (2).
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