Legal Opinion
Ahmann v. United Air Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1963No. Nos. 17065, 17066PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VOGEL, Circuit Judge.
On June 30, 1956, two passenger airplanes carrying a total of 128 persons left Los Angeles airport, one being a Trans World Airlines Constellation bound non-stop for Kansas City, Missouri, and the other a United Air Lines DC-7 bound non-stop for Chicago, Illinois. Approximately an hour and a half later the two planes collided in mid-air and crashed into the bottom of the Grand Canyon, killing all occupants. There were no witnesses to describe the tragedy. These lawsuits are concerned with liability for the collision.
The plaintiffs-appellants are the personal…
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- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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