Legal Opinion
Long v. Pan American Airways, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 30, 1965PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
The primary question posed for decision—the applicability of the rule announced in Babcock v. Jackson (12 N Y 2d 473) —comes to us on appeal from an order dismissing the complaint. It is alleged therein that on December 8, 1963 a commercial airplane, owned and operated by the defendant Pan American, was en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when it disintegrated in flight near the Delaware-Maryland border, the wreckage falling to earth in the vicinity of Elkton, Maryland. Clyde Long and Ernest Grieco were among the passengers killed and this action is brought,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Fisher v. DyeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Ferne, Admrx. v. ChaddertonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Beatrice Antonette Tramontana v. S. A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense, a Brazilian Corporation, T/a Varig AirlinesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by66 opinions
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- Woodward v. StewartSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
- Casey v. Manson Construction & Engineering Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1967
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