Legal Opinion
Public Administrator of New York County v. Curtiss-Wright Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 5, 1963PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOPER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs move for leave to amend their complaints pursuant to Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. These actions, together with other related suits, have been consolidated for trial. They arise out of the crash of a Braniff Airways passenger plane at Miami, Florida, on March 25, 1958. The defendant, Curtiss-Wright Corp., was the manufacturer of the aircraft engines used in the ill-fated airplane, constructed by Douglas Aircraft Company and sold to Braniff.
Curtiss-Wright was sued by both plaintiffs in an action sounding in negligence commenced on March 24,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Babcock v. JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- Auten v. AutenNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Blessington v. McCrory Stores Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1953
- Matthews v. Lawnlite CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 1956
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Ben P. Fyke & Sons v. Gunter Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1973
- Martin Katz and Louana Katz v. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Middle Atlantic Utilities Co. v. S. M. W. Development Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Hopkins v. Lockheed Aircraft CorporationSupreme Court of Florida · 1967
- Braniff Airways, Inc., Phillip Addabbo, and Morton D. Stein, as of the Estate of Maurice Berg, Deceased v. Curtiss-Wright CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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