Legal Opinion
Borup v. National Airlines, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 4, 1954PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs move to amend their corn-plaintiffs to include, inter alia, allegations of wanton and gross neglect, fault and carelessness on the part of the defendant, National Airlines, Incorporated (hereafter National) and claims for punitive damages. The original complaints alleged only ordinary negligence and claimed compensatory damages. National opposes the motions to amend insofar as they seek to add claims for punitive damages.
These actions arose out of the crash of one of National’s airliners near Elizabeth, New Jersey, on February 11, 1952. Numerous…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Michelsen v. PenneyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Dreimuller v. RogowSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1919
- Eatley v. MayerHudson County Circuit Court, N.J. · 1931
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