Legal Opinion
Federal Insurance Company v. Ada Ligia Bonilla Colon, Etc., Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. Ada Ligio Bonilla Colon, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 14, 1968No. 6867, 6868PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McENTEE, Circuit Judge.
These are diversity suits for wrongful death resulting from a fall on a stairway at the International Airport in Puerto Rico on July 11, 1963. Plaintiffs, the children and grandchildren of the decedent, obtained substantial jury verdicts against Federal Insurance Company, the insurer of the Puerto Rico Port Authority, and also against Pan American Airways. Both defendants appealed. The deceased, Nicolasa Colon Vda de Bonilla, was a woman seventy-eight years of age but apparently active and vigorous considering her age.
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