Legal Opinion
Gordon v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 6, 1975No. 73 Civ. 1694PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITMAN KNAPP, District Judge.
This wrongful death action arose out of the tragic crash in the Florida Ever glades of an Eastern Airlines jet aircraft while on a landing approach to Miami International Airport on December 29, 1972 which killed 96 of the 161 passengers, including plaintiff’s decedent. The action was initially brought in the New York state court and was removed to this court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441. Thereafter, it was transferred— pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407—for all pre-trial purposes to the United States District Court for the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Babcock v. JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- Neumeier v. KuehnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- Kilberg v. Northeast Airlines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1961
- Long v. Pan American Airways, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1965
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3Cited by22 opinions
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, Louisiana on July 9, 1982. Luis Alberto Trivelloni-Lorenzi, and Susanna Electra Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., Ernesto Serio Pampin Lopez, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of His Deceased Mother Sara E. Lopez De Pampin v. Pan American Airways, Inc., and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- In Re Paris Air Crash of March 3, 1974District Court, C.D. California · 1975
- John P. Loebig v. George H. LarucciCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Ill., Etc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1979
- Proprietors Ins. Co. v. ValsecchiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
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