Legal Opinion
Komlos v. Compagnie Nationale Air France
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 26, 1954No. 22751_1PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK, Circuit Judge.
1. For the death of Emery Komlos there is a single indivisible cause of action with two items of damage. Since the accident resulting in Komlos” death occurred within a province of Portugal, the Portugal law (the lex loci de-licti) applies. Under it, the dependent: of the deceased is entitled, upon proof of defendant’s negligence, to damages for wrongful death and indemnity (“moral damages”) for the psychic suffering-which the death caused to her.1 Judge-Leibell found,2 and we think properly so,, that, under the Portugal law as submitted to him and under the law of New…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Loucks v. . Standard Oil Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Leonard v. . Columbia Steam Navigation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Hasbrouck v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Doleman v. LevineSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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- Simone Maugnie v. Compagnie Nationale Air FranceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Mertens v. Flying Tiger Line, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
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