Legal Opinion
Craig v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1969No. 22319PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:
Elizabeth Elaine Craig, Administra-trix of the Estate of Robert J. Craig, filed this wrongful death action on August 16, 1965. She alleged that, on August 19, 1963, Robert J. Craig was killed on the high seas off Okinawa while attempting to land his military airplane on the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. CONSTELLATION. According to the complaint, the accident was caused by the negligence of the defendants resulting in defects in the arresting equipment of the vessel. District court jurisdiction was based on the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 761-768 (1964).
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