Lacey v. L. W. Wiggins Airways, Inc.

McCARTHY, District Judge.

This libel, brought pursuant to the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 761ff, alleges that the respondent corporation was engaged by one Van Arsdale, doing business as Cape Cod Flying Service, to make a one hundred hour inspection and engine check on a Piper Clipper airplane. The respondent’s work, in the course of which various engine parts were installed, was done at the Logan International Airport in Boston, and on its conclusion, Van Arsdale was assured that the aircraft was in good repair. The libellant’s intestate, Daniel W. Lacey, a pilot-employee of the…