Legal Opinion
Komlos v. Compagnie Nationale Air France
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 14, 1952PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBELL, District Judge.
On October 28, 1949, Emery Komlos was a passenger on an airplane operated by the defendant (Air France), on a flight from Paris to New York. He lost his life when the plane crashed ■ on the island of San Miguel, Azores, Republic of Portugal.
Komlos was a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of New York. He was in the employ of Refugee Economic Corporation and was engaged in the work of the corporation at the time of his death. The Royal Indemnity Company had issued a workmen’s compensation policy, which covered Komlos and other employees of the…
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