Legal Opinion
Pekelis v. Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 15, 1951No. 39, Docket 21690PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff Pekelis individually and as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Alexander H. Pekelis, brought this action against the defendant Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc., to recover damages for the death of her husband, who was killed on December 28, 1946, in an accident near Shannon, Eire, while a passenger for hire on one of the defendant’s TWA’s Lockheed ¡Constellation airplanes.
The flight which forms the subject of the action falls within the definition of “international transportation,” as that term is defined in a treaty known…
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