Legal Opinion
King v. Pan American World Airways
District Court, N.D. California
Decided September 30, 1958No. 27645PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODMAN, Chief Judge.
This cause presents the novel question whether the California Workmen’s Compensation Act precludes an action for wrongful death under the Federal Death on the High Seas Act by the administratrix of the estate of an airline employee who in the course of his employment was killed in the crash of an airliner on the high seas.
The stipulated facts show that the decedent entered the employ of respondent Pan American World Airways, a New York corporation, at San Francisco, California, on October 12, 1942. He was steadily employed thereafter by Pan American and since December,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Alaska Packers Assn. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. RohdeSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Millers' Indemnity Underwriters v. BraudSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Wilson v. Transocean AirlinesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1954
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Weinstein v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
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- Noel v. United Aircraft Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1962
- Kropp v. Douglas Aircraft Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1971
- Virginia J. King, as Administratrix of the Estate of John Elvins King v. Pan American World Airways, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
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