Legal Opinion
Gatenby v. Altoona Aviation Corp.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 25, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 64-1074PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEBER, District Judge.
This case involves an action for the death of two passengers for hire in an air-taxi plane owned and operated by defendants out of Peterson Field, located about ten miles northeast of Altoona, Pennsylvania, on the main highway between Altoona, Pa., and Tyrone, Pa. On December 8, 1963, the pilot of defendants’ plane took off from Peterson Field at about 1 p. m. to pick up two passengers at the Washington, D. C. airport. At about 1:26 p. m., the pilot received a weather briefing from the Phillipsburg, Pa. flight service station while enroute to Washington, D. C.…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Griffith v. United Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Dick v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Herron v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Ross v. HartmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Gatenby v. Altoona Aviation Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Griffin v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- Gatenby v. Altoona Aviation CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Richard T. Gilpin and Ruth Gilpin, His Wife v. Alyssa E. LanganCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Gatenby v. ALTOONA AVIATION CORPORATIONDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
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