Legal Opinion

Joan S. Neff, Administratrix of the Estate of John W. Neff v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided December 12, 1969No. 22262_1PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

On the afternoon of July 2, 1963, Mohawk Airlines Flight 112 took off from Rochester-Monroe County Airport in Rochester, New York, carrying forty passengers and a crew of three. Moments after it lifted from the runway, Flight 112 flew head-on onto a violent thunderstorm, veered out of control, and plunged to earth; seven persons perished in the crash. One of the deceased was John W. Neff, an employee of Mohawk Airlines and the First Officer on Flight 112. Neff’s widow, who is the administratrix of his estate and a resident of the District of Columbia, brought an action for…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bratt v. Western Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
  2. Rowe v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
  3. Friedman v. L. M. Beck & Galilee Fish Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
  4. Greelish v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968
  5. Tyrell v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1958

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Joan M. Spaulding v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
  2. Gill v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  3. Beech Aircraft Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
  4. Black v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  5. Huddell v. LevinDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1975

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