Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Transocean Airlines
District Court, N.D. California
Decided April 15, 1954No. 33081PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODMAN, District Judge.
On July 11, 1953, a Transocean airliner flying the vast expanse of the Pacific from Guam to Oakland, California, crashed into the sea some 325 miles east, of Wake Island. All 58 persons aboard were killed.
What law affords the right of action for these deaths upon the high seas? In what forum must a remedy be sought ? These are the puzzling questions tendered by this and similar suits noW' before this court. Questions which, strangely have not yet been set at rest..
The plaintiff in this action, the widow of George Wilson, a passenger on the- airliner, sought redress for…
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