Legal Opinion

Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey v. Hector Gonzalez

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided March 11, 1975No. 74-1132PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

On December 6, 1968, a Twin Beech aircraft, carrying ten passengers and a pilot, took off from the St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, airport at 6:19 PM, but failed to clear a hill beyond the runway and crashed in a residential area. Seven persons, including Mars, the pilot, were killed, and twelve were injured. The plane was owned by Conquest Airways, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation, of which one Gonzalez was president, and was insured for hull and liability by Commercial Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey. Commercial promptly brought this action in the Puerto…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Gabriel Felice v. The Long Island Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
  2. United States v. James Arthur Johnson, United States of America v. John P. CampbellCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
  3. Henjes v. Aetna Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
  4. John C. Marston, Etc. v. American Employers Insurance Co., Rita J. Wallace, Administratrix v. American Employers Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
  5. Mary G. Bruce, Administratrix of the Estate of Walter B. Bruce, Deceased v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Anne Anderson v. Cryovac, Inc., Anne Anderson v. Beatrice Foods Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
  2. United States v. William M. Davis, Ashland, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  3. Robert M. Layne v. Douglas Vinzant, Frank Hall and Charles Gaughan, Robert M. Layne v. Douglas VinzantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
  4. S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  5. Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982

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