Legal Opinion
Citrola v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 19, 1959No. 116, Docket 25169PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURGER, Circuit Judge.
At 3:43 a. m. on December 16, 1955, an Eastern Air Lines passenger plane crashed as it was making a so-called Instrument Landing System approach to Imeson Airport, Jacksonville, Florida. All aboard were killed. This is an action brought by the widow of one of the deceased under the Wrongful Death Act of the State of Florida. Fla.Stat.Ann. §§ 768.01, 768.02 (1958 Supp.).
It is not disputed that there was sufficient evidence to take the case to the jury, but the evidence from which negligence might be inferred was largely if not wholly circumstantial. It was stipulated that…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- George Foltis, Inc. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Galbraith v. BuschNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad v. FoxworthSupreme Court of Florida · 1899
- Lobel v. American Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Slater v. BarnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Ingham v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at John F. Kennedy International Airport on June 24, 1975Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Marion J. Berguido, Individually v. Eastern Air Lines, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1979
- Rogow v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1959
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